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    Hi all,

    I read here about file sizes from the invoices.
    I have now got this mod installed for a while, all works fine except for one problem.
    Files and webspace.

    How do I get to remove files?
    Should I just write a cron to find all PDF's in the directrory and delete all except the required ones for the background or is there a more proper way to do that?
    Does removing these have any negative sideaffects?

    Do PDF's get auto recreated when a customer decides to download an invoice again after lets say a year/month?

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    Have just completed a server change, and while working my way through all the "disconnects" have found invoice3 to be looking back at my old server. (FPDF error, cannot open...) - For the life of me I can't find where this is coming from, being pulled from the DB perhaps? If it is - where on earth do I find this entry!
    (would re-install but this doesn't appear to be an option?)

    Thanks in advance.

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    i see there's a 1.5.x ready version avail. for download here http://www.zen-cart-pro.at/forum/downloads.php
    but its for german only, is any one aware of an english version?
    in the read me they say IT WILL ONLY WORK for german zen cart

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    Hi Zen Lovers

    some of my clients from Europe complaint about zen cart standard invoice and other invoice addons. They have to submit tax reports to Govt. and there should not be missing invoice number. But in Zen cart and even other ecommerce systems there is no difference between order no. and invoice no., so if any order is deleted then there is gap in invoice number. for example if I have deleted order no. 4 then invoice no. 4 also missing.

    I have started working on it and being an ERP developer, I followed the same principle. First create sales order and generate invoices when dispatch products. As invoice is a legal document so we can not delete invoices from system.

    To implement it in zen cart

    I have added a button in orders.php "Process This Order"
    once press this button an invoice is generated and it can be printed under a new menu "invoices"

    Alpha demo you can see here-

    I welcome your valuable opinions

    http://infobizz.in/zencart/admins
    log:admin
    pwd:zzz1234

    orders list
    http://infobizz.in/zencart/admins/orders.php

    print or email processed invoice
    http://infobizz.in/zencart/admins/invoices_list.php

    thanks and regards
    rajiv

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    Quote Originally Posted by rajivsp View Post
    Hi Zen Lovers

    some of my clients from Europe complaint about zen cart standard invoice and other invoice addons. They have to submit tax reports to Govt. and there should not be missing invoice number. But in Zen cart and even other ecommerce systems there is no difference between order no. and invoice no., so if any order is deleted then there is gap in invoice number. for example if I have deleted order no. 4 then invoice no. 4 also missing.

    I have started working on it and being an ERP developer, I followed the same principle. First create sales order and generate invoices when dispatch products. As invoice is a legal document so we can not delete invoices from system.

    To implement it in zen cart

    I have added a button in orders.php "Process This Order"
    once press this button an invoice is generated and it can be printed under a new menu "invoices"

    Alpha demo you can see here-

    I welcome your valuable opinions

    http://infobizz.in/zencart/admins
    log:admin
    pwd:zzz1234

    orders list
    http://infobizz.in/zencart/admins/orders.php

    print or email processed invoice
    http://infobizz.in/zencart/admins/invoices_list.php

    thanks and regards
    rajiv
    Just playing devil's advocate here when are "invoices" and the serialized number needed generated?? Is it after payment has been received?? After a specified "refund/warranty period" has passed?? Why are you deleting orders at all???

    What happens if say a customer pays, receives the merchandise, and then for whatever reason, returns the merchandise and is granted a refund. Do you then simply adjust the order and said invoice to reflect this?? or do you delete the invoice and the order??
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    Quote Originally Posted by DivaVocals View Post
    Just playing devil's advocate here when are "invoices" and the serialized number needed generated?? Is it after payment has been received?? After a specified "refund/warranty period" has passed?? Why are you deleting orders at all???

    What happens if say a customer pays, receives the merchandise, and then for whatever reason, returns the merchandise and is granted a refund. Do you then simply adjust the order and said invoice to reflect this?? or do you delete the invoice and the order??
    We delete orders all the time, for a variety of reasons including when the customer cancels an order before it's shipped or when they select check/money order but never pay. Deleting it means that it doesn't show up in the sales reports and throw the books out of whack. If you change it to just "canceled" as an order status it will still show up in reports.

    When there is a return/exchange/refund we have separate order statuses for each of them to keep things straight in our system. But we use phreebooks erp for our accounting/bookkeeping/inventory control which controls our actual record-keeping. But it's nice to have things straight in zc when making changes in the admin or dealing with customer service.

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    Long ago I implemented pdfinvoice3...and then realised it was unworkable for the reasons detailed here.
    We take many orders by phone and email, Zen Cart is just another sales channel where people change their minds or cancel. You have no chance of getting that sequential.

    We use invoicing software to do the invoicing.

    I just include the invoice with the product. The only people who ask for invoices to be mailed to them are the damned shops we sell to who lose them. So far, not one end-user has asked us for one.

    I have made sure our site refers to "order details" everywhere, not "invoice" which as you've pointed out is a legal document.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShopVille View Post
    i see there's a 1.5.x ready version avail. for download here http://www.zen-cart-pro.at/forum/downloads.php
    but its for german only, is any one aware of an english version?
    in the read me they say IT WILL ONLY WORK for german zen cart
    That link is outdated.

    New link here

    Seems you need to register first before you can download anything from the German (Austrian) Zen Cart site

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    Quote Originally Posted by lankeeyankee View Post
    We delete orders all the time, for a variety of reasons including when the customer cancels an order before it's shipped or when they select check/money order but never pay. Deleting it means that it doesn't show up in the sales reports and throw the books out of whack. If you change it to just "canceled" as an order status it will still show up in reports.

    When there is a return/exchange/refund we have separate order statuses for each of them to keep things straight in our system. But we use phreebooks erp for our accounting/bookkeeping/inventory control which controls our actual record-keeping. But it's nice to have things straight in zc when making changes in the admin or dealing with customer service.
    Right.. however my questions were based on seeing that the requirements for serialized invoices is an incomplete requirement that does not take into account MANY scenarios. My questions were meant to bring that to light.. I wasn't actually looking for any justification for deleting orders.. I only wanted to point out holes in the functional requirements here.. As torvista pointed out if one needs serialized invoices, you need a proper invoicing module.. In any accounting system orders and invoicing/billing are always separate modules.

    and reports CAN be modified to exclude cancelled orders negating the need to delete orders..
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