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• allan Posts: 63,498Questions: 1Answers: 10,471 Site admin

  August 2015

  Hi,

  You need to use the B option in the dom option - like in the examples. You'll also need to include the HTML5 and / or Flash export buttons and any dependencies they have. The download builder is a good way of doing that.

  Allan
• iceandele Posts: 2Questions: 1Answers: 0

  August 2015

  thanks! adding the B in dom worked!
• geodev Posts: 4Questions: 0Answers: 0

  August 2015

  Hello,
  I had buttons working with TableTools, and am having issues adding them with Buttons. I used the download builder and am using the table in a JQuery accordion. Suggestions?
  Thank you

  Works

  $('#resultsTable').DataTable({
         "dom": 'T<"clear">lfrtip',
          tableTools: {
            "sSwfPath": "media/swf/copy_csv_xls_pdf.swf"
          },
          "scrollY": true,
          "scrollY": "400px",
          "data": items,
          "columns": [
               {"title": "Parcel"},
               {"title": "Address"},
               {"title": "Owner"},
               {"title": "Account Num"}
            ]
        });
  

  Buttons not displaying

  $('#resultsTable').DataTable({
            dom: 'Bfrtip',
            buttons: [
                'copy', 'excel', 'pdf', 'print'
            ],
            select: true,
            data: items,
            columns: [
               {"title": "Parcel"},
               {"title": "Address"},
               {"title": "Owner"},
               {"title": "Account Num"}
            ]
        });
  
• ThomD Posts: 334Questions: 11Answers: 43

  August 2015

  Buttons is a very modular extension. Did you load all the dependent js and css files? Show your work :)
• allan Posts: 63,498Questions: 1Answers: 10,471 Site admin

  August 2015

  Yup - my suggestion is to give a link to the page you are having problems with, as per the forum rules, so we can debug it and offer some help :-)

  Allan
• geodev Posts: 4Questions: 0Answers: 0

  August 2015

  Sorry, missed that rule and thanks for the direction. The debugger helped me find out that the download builder CDN was not being used. It is now and the buttons appear, however copy and Excel aren't working, print and PDF are.

  Debug results http://debug.datatables.net/utokat
• allan Posts: 63,498Questions: 1Answers: 10,471 Site admin

  August 2015

  Can you link to the page please.

  I don't immediately see why that wouldn't be working, although given that you are using jQuery UI, you probably don't want to use dom - instead using the method shown in this example.

  Allan
• geodev Posts: 4Questions: 0Answers: 0

  August 2015

  Hi Allan,

  Buttons 1.0.1 fixed the Excel issue, thank you!