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Hi, I'm trying to create a custom component. I started with the very basic, following this tutorial:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC33/Creating+custom+components

Test is my component, the steps I followed

1. Create folder: civicrm/CRM/Test
2. Create file: civicrm/CRM/Test/Info.php

require_once 'CRM/Core/Component/Info.php';

class CRM_Test_Info extends CRM_Core_Component_Info
{

    // docs inherited from interface
    protected $keyword = 'test';

    // docs inherited from interface
    public function getInfo()
    {
        return array( 'name'                 => 'Test',
                      'translatedName'       => ts('Test'),
                      'title'                => 'CiviCRM Test',
                      'search'               => 1,
                      'showActivitiesInCore' => 1
                      );
    }


    // docs inherited from interface
    public function getPermissions()
    {
        return array( 'access CiviCRM' );
    }

    // docs inherited from interface
    public function getUserDashboardElement()
    {
        return array(  );
    }

    // docs inherited from interface
    public function registerTab()
    {
        return array(  );
    }

    // docs inherited from interface
    public function registerAdvancedSearchPane()
    {
        return array( );
    }

    // docs inherited from interface   
    public function getActivityTypes()
    {
        return null;
    }
   
    // add shortcut to Create New
    public function creatNewShortcut( &$shortCuts ) {
       
        }
    }
   
}

3. Run "insert into civicrm_component (name, namespace) values ('Test', 'CRM_Test');"
4. Create folder: civicrm/CRM/Test/xml/Menu
5. create file: civicrm/CRM/Test/xml/Menu/Test.xml

<menu>
  <item>
     <path>civicrm/test</path>
     <title>Test</title>
     <page_callback>CRM_Test_Page_Form</page_callback>
     <access_arguments>access CiviCRM</access_arguments>
     <page_type>1</page_type>
     <weight>500</weight>
     <component>Test</component>
  </item>
</menu>

6. Rebuild the menu: http://localhost/drupal_url/civicrm/menu/rebuild&reset=1
7. Create folder civicrm/CRM/Test/Page
8. Create file: civicrm/CRM/Test/Page/Form.php

require_once 'CRM/Core/Page.php';

class CRM_Test_Page_Form extends CRM_Core_Page
{
 
    function preProcess( )
    {
        echo "I'm a Test Component";
    }

                                                         
    function run( ) {
        $this->preProcess( );
        return parent::run( );
    }

}


9. Create folder: civicrm/templates/CRM/Test/Page/Form.tpl  (in blank, not really needed I think...)

10. Go to http://localhost/drupal_url/civicrm/test

And there I get:

Access denied
You are not authorized to access this page.


I changed access_arguments, permits, functions, names.. etc.. but always I get the same error.

Any clue what am I doing wrong??

Thanks!
Luciano

I didn't enable the component in "Enable CiviCRM Components" area (would be nice to add that to the Wiki as the last step, cause could be trivial but very easy to forget as well )

Glad you got it fixed. It would be helpful if you could go ahead and add that to the wiki. It is a community-developed resource.

Thank you.

Hi,

Have a look at our book too on the section about extending civi, the hook chapter gives info too.

Good luck

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