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I know these are the core files of the component and I don't want to change them directly. So I'm looking for some way, like OpenCart's VQMod, to create an override, can I use HTML overrides for that purpose?

I have been to the component developer and they are not helpful.

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If the Helper Class is loaded in a dynamic way, checking if it's already loaded, YES. You can override it.

Not with a HTML overrides, but with a System Plugin. You can create a System plugin, loading same Helper Class before the original one.

Please, check this related question: How to override core classes?

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  • This is great info thanks. I had never thought to venture into developing a plugin but looking at the examples it looks relatively straight forward.
    – BodgeIT
    Commented Jun 16, 2014 at 17:05
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You can't create overrides for the helpers files with the same way like the template overrides work.

But what you could do, with a template override, is that you can bypass the mvc pattern of the component and add any code you want in your custom view's file.

So for example you can create a template override for a specific view of the component, and in your template you can "talk" directly with the database and fetch the items you want, the way you want.

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