How to design invoice form

Look into the file /reporting/header2.inc. This is the file used for the forms. You can change it to suit your needs. If you think you are creating a nice form, you are welcome to share it with us.

/Joe

The easiest way of doing this, is to use the Legal Text on invoices. This is on the Company Setup, Setup tab. If you already have a legal text, then just extend the text.

/Joe

Sorry, spacewalker, I should have answered 'System and General GL Setup' under the same tab.

/Joe

Yes. Instead of physically drawing a line, you can just add an underscore line in the 'Legal Text' in Systems and GL Setup, like:

'Previous text .........

_______________________'

If there is not enoght room for the line, you can decrease the bottom margin.

/Joe

The NewLine produces 12 cr/nl.
The TextCol uses the column definition for 4 and 7/5. If you want to print exactly you can use other routines in /reporting/includes/pdf_report.inc..

Normally we don't have resources to help with design of reports, so you are on your own here. Maybe some from the community can help you.

/Joe

Hi Joe,

It is a government requirement to place the GST Number of the Customer in the Invoice format.
Please help how do I insert the information right under the "Charge To" details.

Hello Guys,
         I am a intermediate php programmer, i have created a INVOICE  form design which suitable for indian users,

My form contains S.NO , Item Des ,  Qty , Rate, Gross , Dis% , DisAmt , Vat% , VatAmt, Total,

I designed this form for my business.If u are interested in this design then go and edit reporting/rep107.php.

Note : Better take a backup of this file before altering it.

Here is the complete coding for my design

<?php
/**********************************************************************
    Copyright (C) FrontAccounting, LLC.
    Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, GPL,
    as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
    of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
    See the License here <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>.
***********************************************************************/
$page_security = $_POST['PARAM_0'] == $_POST['PARAM_1'] ?
    'SA_SALESTRANSVIEW' : 'SA_SALESBULKREP';
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
// $ Revision:    2.0 $
// Creator:    Joe Hunt
// date_:    2005-05-19
// Title:    Print Invoices
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
$path_to_root="..";

include_once($path_to_root . "/includes/session.inc");
include_once($path_to_root . "/includes/date_functions.inc");
include_once($path_to_root . "/includes/data_checks.inc");
include_once($path_to_root . "/sales/includes/sales_db.inc");

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

print_invoices();

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function print_invoices()
{
    global $path_to_root, $alternative_tax_include_on_docs, $suppress_tax_rates, $no_zero_lines_amount;
   
    include_once($path_to_root . "/reporting/includes/pdf_report.inc");

    $from = $_POST['PARAM_0'];
    $to = $_POST['PARAM_1'];
    $currency = $_POST['PARAM_2'];
    $email = $_POST['PARAM_3'];
    $pay_service = $_POST['PARAM_4'];
    $comments = $_POST['PARAM_5'];
    $customer = $_POST['PARAM_6'];
    $orientation = $_POST['PARAM_7'];

    if (!$from || !$to) return;

    $orientation = ($orientation ? 'L' : 'P');
    $dec = user_price_dec();

    $fno = explode("-", $from);
    $tno = explode("-", $to);
    $from = min($fno[0], $tno[0]);
    $to = max($fno[0], $tno[0]);

    //Modify this valus to increase or decrease column size
    $cols = array(10, 40, 170, 200, 250,300, 340, 380, 420, 450, 0); 

    // $headers in doctext.inc
    $aligns = array('left',    'left',    'left',    'left', 'left', 'left', 'left', 'left', 'left', 'right');

    $params = array('comments' => $comments);

    $cur = get_company_Pref('curr_default');

    if ($email == 0)
        $rep = new FrontReport(_('INVOICE'), "InvoiceBulk", user_pagesize(), 9, $orientation);
    if ($orientation == 'L')
        recalculate_cols($cols);
    for ($i = $from; $i <= $to; $i++)
    {
            if (!exists_customer_trans(ST_SALESINVOICE, $i))
                continue;
            $sign = 1;
            $myrow = get_customer_trans($i, ST_SALESINVOICE);

            if($customer && $myrow['debtor_no'] != $customer) {
                continue;
            }
            $baccount = get_default_bank_account($myrow['curr_code']);
            $params['bankaccount'] = $baccount['id'];

            $branch = get_branch($myrow["branch_code"]);
            $sales_order = get_sales_order_header($myrow["order_"], ST_SALESORDER);
            if ($email == 1)
            {
                $rep = new FrontReport("", "", user_pagesize(), 9, $orientation);
                $rep->title = _('INVOICE');
                $rep->filename = "Invoice" . $myrow['reference'] . ".pdf";
            }   
            $rep->SetHeaderType('Header2');
            $rep->currency = $cur;
            $rep->Font();
            $rep->Info($params, $cols, null, $aligns);

            $contacts = get_branch_contacts($branch['branch_code'], 'invoice', $branch['debtor_no'], true);
            $baccount['payment_service'] = $pay_service;
            $rep->SetCommonData($myrow, $branch, $sales_order, $baccount, ST_SALESINVOICE, $contacts);
            $rep->NewPage();
               $result = get_customer_trans_details(ST_SALESINVOICE, $i);
            $SubTotal = 0;
            // This variable $n used for SNO calculation.
            $no=1;
            while ($myrow2=db_fetch($result))
            {
                if ($myrow2["quantity"] == 0)
                    continue;

                $Net = round2($sign * ((1 - $myrow2["discount_percent"]) * $myrow2["unit_price"] * $myrow2["quantity"]),
                   user_price_dec());
                $SubTotal += $Net;
                               
                $DispTax = number_format2($myrow2["unit_tax"] * 100 / $myrow2["unit_price"],user_percent_dec()) . "%";
                $Dispgross = $myrow2["quantity"] * $myrow2["unit_price"];
                $Dispda = $myrow2["discount_percent"] * $myrow2["unit_price"] * $myrow2["quantity"];
               
                $DisplayPrice = number_format2($myrow2["unit_price"],$dec);
               
                $DisplayQty = number_format2($sign*$myrow2["quantity"],get_qty_dec($myrow2['stock_id']));               
                $DisplayNet = number_format2($Net,$dec);
                // str_replace(",", "", $_POST['price']);  for string removal
                       $net1 = str_replace(",", "", $DisplayNet);
               
                $Dispvm = number_format2($net1 * $DispTax / 100 ,$dec);  // To display vat Amount
               
                if ($myrow2["discount_percent"]==0)
                      $DisplayDiscount ="";
                else
                      $DisplayDiscount = number_format2($myrow2["discount_percent"]*100,user_percent_dec()) . "%";
               
                //$rep->TextCol(0, 1,    $myrow2['stock_id'], -2);
                //  $rep->TextCol(0, 1,    $myrow2['StockDescription'], -2);
                        
           // New Altered coding
                         $rep->TextCol(0, 1,    $no, -2);
                $oldrow = $rep->row;
                $rep->TextColLines(1, 2, $myrow2['StockDescription'], -2);
                $newrow = $rep->row;
                $rep->row = $oldrow;
                if ($Net != 0.0 || !is_service($myrow2['mb_flag']) || !isset($no_zero_lines_amount) || $no_zero_lines_amount == 0)
                {
                   
                    $rep->TextCol(2, 3,    $DisplayQty, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(3, 4,    $DisplayPrice, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(4, 5,    $Dispgross, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(5, 6,    $DisplayDiscount, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(6, 7,    $Dispda, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(7, 8,    $DispTax, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(8, 9,    $Dispvm, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(9, 10,$DisplayNet, -2);
                    $no++;
                   
                   
                }   
                $rep->row = $newrow;
               
               
                //$rep->NewLine(1);
                if ($rep->row < $rep->bottomMargin + (15 * $rep->lineHeight))
                    $rep->NewPage();
            }

            $memo = get_comments_string(ST_SALESINVOICE, $i);
            if ($memo != "")
            {
                $rep->NewLine();
                $rep->TextColLines(1, 5, $memo, -2);
            }

               $DisplaySubTot = number_format2($SubTotal,$dec);
               $DisplayFreight = number_format2($sign*$myrow["ov_freight"],$dec);

            $rep->row = $rep->bottomMargin + (15 * $rep->lineHeight);
            $doctype = ST_SALESINVOICE;

            $rep->TextCol(6, 9, _("Sub-total"), -2);
            $rep->TextCol(9, 10,    $DisplaySubTot, -2);
            $rep->NewLine();
            $rep->TextCol(6, 9, _("Shipping"), -2);
            $rep->TextCol(9, 10,    $DisplayFreight, -2);
            $rep->NewLine();
            $tax_items = get_trans_tax_details(ST_SALESINVOICE, $i);
            $first = true;
            while ($tax_item = db_fetch($tax_items))
            {
                if ($tax_item['amount'] == 0)
                    continue;
                $DisplayTax = number_format2($sign*$tax_item['amount'], $dec);
               
                if (isset($suppress_tax_rates) && $suppress_tax_rates == 1)
                    $tax_type_name = $tax_item['tax_type_name'];
                else
                    $tax_type_name = $tax_item['tax_type_name']." (".$tax_item['rate']."%) ";

                if ($tax_item['included_in_price'])
                {
                    if (isset($alternative_tax_include_on_docs) && $alternative_tax_include_on_docs == 1)
                    {
                        if ($first)
                        {
                            $rep->TextCol(6, 9, _("Total Tax Excluded"), -2);
                            $rep->TextCol(9, 10,    number_format2($sign*$tax_item['net_amount'], $dec), -2);
                            $rep->NewLine();
                        }
                        $rep->TextCol(6, 9, $tax_type_name, -2);
                        $rep->TextCol(9, 10,    $DisplayTax, -2);
                        $first = false;
                    }
                    else
                        $rep->TextCol(3, 7, _("Included") . " " . $tax_type_name . _("Amount") . ": " . $DisplayTax, -2);
                }
                else
                {
                    $rep->TextCol(6, 9, $tax_type_name, -2);
                    $rep->TextCol(9, 10,    $DisplayTax, -2);
                }
                $rep->NewLine();
            }

            $rep->NewLine();
            $DisplayTotal = number_format2($sign*($myrow["ov_freight"] + $myrow["ov_gst"] +
                $myrow["ov_amount"]+$myrow["ov_freight_tax"]),$dec);
            $rep->Font('bold');
            $rep->TextCol(6, 9, _("TOTAL INVOICE"), - 2);
            $rep->TextCol(9, 10, $DisplayTotal, -2);
            $words = price_in_words($myrow['Total'], ST_SALESINVOICE);
            if ($words != "")
            {
                $rep->NewLine(1);
                $rep->TextCol(1, 7, $myrow['curr_code'] . ": " . $words, - 2);
            }
            $rep->Font();
            if ($email == 1)
            {
                $rep->End($email);
            }
    }
    if ($email == 0)
        $rep->End();
}

?>

The values decrease from top to bottom. So I guess you should use, - 18, instead of + 18.

Joe

Well, I am not at the source computer right now. Please have a look into the code, that the row  is not set later.

Joe

I found the solution :-) Even though I started Kate with kdesu variable, the changes was not saved. I used Nano and I could do the adjustment.  $this->row = $this->pageHeight - $this->topMargin - 3 * $this->lineHeight;

Most, if not all lines are in the reporting/includes/header2.inc file. Try commenting out sets of lines at a time and see what disappears in the resulting invoice.... Also see what is necessary to manage the position ($x, $y co-ordinates) of the subsequent printing....