FrontAccounting forum — Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (poncho1234) — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:12:35 +0000

Use this version and you can write what you want on what document you want

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (apmuthu) — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:39:50 +0000

The way to do is listed in this post and it is upto the ingenuity of the deployer to do it as they deem fit.

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (trentdavis) — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:56:58 +0000

This is an excellent feature! However, could we also add an automatic watermark so that fully paid invoices would be stamped PAID across the top?

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (poncho1234) — Wed, 08 May 2019 19:17:15 +0000

@apmuthu, in this post you have shown how header.php & header2.php can be used as alternatives to the .pdf versions @Janusz mentions above.

So a suggested alternative could be:-

create file /reporting/forms/header.php with function Draw_watermark from above (header2.php as well)

create popup window on F2

enter watermark text and colour (The other variables could be included as well) parse to header.php

close popup, choose rest of report options and process report

Would this work?

If it does, then I think the only changes to existing core would be to enable the popup ($popup_editors array, etc.) and additional files header.php, header2.php (does header3.php also work?) and the popup window file.

Also the watermark could be used on all reports(including report exts) as and when required.

Thoughts please

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (apmuthu) — Wed, 08 May 2019 02:45:41 +0000

@janusz: any improvements to the core with dynamic setting of watermark attributes?

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (poncho1234) — Tue, 07 May 2019 19:55:46 +0000

Would it be better to call the function Draw_watermark within the 3 header functions?

If this is possible; I think it will write the watermark first, then the report text would overwrite and therefore still be legible: and then the two setAlpha lines can be removed from the function. (Light/contrasting colours would have to be selected)
Also possibly the setX & Y could be removed: their settings would be moved to to the last two parameters of MultiCell. (As it is using these parameters moves the watermark 3/4 of the way across the page; cutting off some of the text)

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (poncho1234) — Tue, 07 May 2019 19:38:00 +0000

I had not realised that TCPDF has its own html to rgb function:-

File: \reporting\includes\tcpdf.php
5671:         function convertHTMLColorToDec($color="#000000") {

I have changed the Draw_watermark function in post #1 above to reflect this and deleted the function html2rgb as it is no longer necessary.

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (itronics) — Tue, 07 May 2019 14:22:56 +0000

Yes, indeed, there is possibility to insert watermark, or even whole externally designed blueprint in documents generated in FA.
The blueprint have to be designed as PDF-1.4 file (other pdf formats may also be supported), and you will have to put it in the /reporting/forms folder.

Out of the box two blueprints are supported for two basic document layouts:
Header2.pdf - for reports 107-113, 209,210 and 409
Header.pdf - for all other documents

If you want to test this feature, just put attached file in the forms folder and generate Sales Invoice. In real design some small changes in repxxx.php files can be necessary.

Of course this feature does not address directly the problem of ad-hoc per document watermarks, but is ready to use if e.g. you plan to hire artist to design your invoices .

Janusz

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (apmuthu) — Tue, 07 May 2019 13:58:25 +0000

Does this have anything to do with it's line 213 onwards:

function addText($xb,$yb,$size,$txt)//,$angle=0,$wordSpaceAdjust=0)

Line 4478 of tcpdf.php has watermark as part of unfinished coding:

case 'watermark': {

Image as background in TCPDF

Add Watermark using TCPDF

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (joe) — Tue, 07 May 2019 09:29:58 +0000

Janusz had already made an option for watermark and header includes in the fpdf class inside reporting/includes/class.pdf.inc.

It was a long time ago, but never documented.

I will try to contact him to explain.

/Joe

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (apmuthu) — Tue, 07 May 2019 07:34:00 +0000

@joe: want to add it into the core?

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (poncho1234) — Tue, 07 May 2019 02:52:36 +0000

@boxygen, Customer Transaction Inquiry does not give any of the report options, its not possible to email the report or add a payment link from there either.
Adding option to fix watermark in company options defeats the object of adding a watermark on the fly on an ad hoc basis.

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (boxygen) — Tue, 07 May 2019 02:36:27 +0000

Hmmm. I was trying from Customer Transaction Inquiry. So there shall be an option to Fix the Water Mark in Company Preferences so that even from Customer Transaction Inquiry the WaterMark appears.

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (poncho1234) — Tue, 07 May 2019 02:30:29 +0000

@boxygen, ????? Did you write what text you wanted? Choose the text colour?

Doing this

Gives me this

Re: Add stamp or watermark to reports on the fly – ad hoc.

null@example.com (boxygen) — Tue, 07 May 2019 01:48:25 +0000

Can't find any watermark in this report