Custom Invoice Problem after Upgrade

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1

Hi!
After I always run into errors while trying to upgrade from 1.4.3 to the latest version, I made a fresh 1.5.5 installation. Only thing I can’t get to work is a part of my custom Invoice template. In the old one I had a header, containing my name and workfields. The Invoiceplane.php started like the one below. I tried to insert the body-part in the new one, but mpdf just ignores it and the page header stays hidden. Any ideas? Help?
Thanks a lot,
Mathias

<html lang="<?php echo lang('cldr'); ?>">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title><?php echo lang('invoice'); ?></title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/default/css/templates.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/default/css/custom-pdf.css">
</head>
<body>
<header class="clearfix">
 <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;
  height:14.4pt">
  <td style="width:465.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid gray 2.25pt;
  padding:3.6pt 5.75pt 3.6pt 5.75pt;height:14.4pt" valign="top" width="465">
  <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:19.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:
  &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">My Name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  color:black">Workfield1 ∙ Workfield1 ∙ Workfield1</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
    <div id="logo">
        <?php echo invoice_logo_pdf(); ?>
2

Hello pbthias,

Did you put your old .css files where you did changes?
eg: “assets/default/css/custom-pdf.css”

Best regards,
Emanuel

3

Hi Emanuel!

The “head” part seems to have changed since v1.4.3, it looks like the one below now (this is the copy of the InvoicePlane.php with the new install). I tried to replace the custom-pdf.css at /assets/core/… with the old one from /default/css - but that didn’t help. I don’t know much about css in general, but somehow managed to get this working 1,5 years ago…
Any help is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: I just checked, I haven’t changed anything in the custom-pdf.css in the old install :-/
Thanks,
Mathias

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?php _trans('cldr'); ?>">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title><?php _trans('invoice'); ?></title>
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/<?php echo get_setting('system_theme', 'invoiceplane'); ?>/css/templates.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/core/css/custom-pdf.css">
</head>
<body>
<header class="clearfix">
 <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;
  height:14.4pt">
  <td style="width:465.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid gray 2.25pt;
  padding:3.6pt 5.75pt 3.6pt 5.75pt;height:14.4pt" valign="top" width="465">
  <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:19.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:
  &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">Mathias Riediger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
  color:black">Komposition ∙ Studiotechnik ∙ Musikproduktion</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
    <div id="logo">
        <?php echo invoice_logo_pdf(); ?>
    </div>
4

Hello Mathias,

Did you set the right template for invoice (see Settings -> System Settings -> Invoices -> Invoice Template)?
Your changes are in application/views/invoice_templates/pdf/ or in application/views/quote_templates/pdf/?

I try to help you…

Best regards,
Emanuel

5

Hi Emanuel!
Yeah, I edit the default Invoice Template (and that one is selected in the system settings. Other changes (I added a custom field) are working as expected. That also shows I am working on the right file (application/views/invoice_templates/pdf/)…
Thanks,
Mathias

6

Anyone? Please? I really need to get this working again :-/

7

You may try to make your template valid HTML code. tbody, tr and all other table elements have to be put into a table element…