serial pdf no image as background

Hello,

The "PDF template" setting do not accept images ; it requires a PDF file which will be used as a template.
If you want to use a PNG ; you have to use the plugin "attach serial" which is meant to generate images (and not PDF)

Regard,

Hello,

The "PDF template" is based on the "FPDi" library ( www.setasign.com/products/fpdi/about/ )
I made few tests but not with a very large kind of PDF files (since there are a lot of different versions and softwares to generate PDF with their own specificity).
And all my tests where with A4 PDF files.

It is possible to specify an image in the configuration of the plugin (not at the PDF template but as a classical entry).
Since the elements are added in order, if your first entry is the image it will became a background image at the end.

Regards,

Hello,

Please re-download HikaSerial 2.0.0 in order to get the latest patches.
I made an improvement so you got the indication of your "PDF template" filename is correct
By default the plugin will look into :
1 - The HikaShop upload folder
2 - The HikaShop upload secure folder (upload/safe)
3 - The HikaShop image folder (media/com_hikashop/images)
4 - The Joomla image folder (images/)

You need to provide a relative path for the file. But now the configuration interface will indicate you if the filename is correct or not (once you have save the setting).

Regards,

Hello,

My previous message was there to indicate you that your setting is not correct.
Please read it carefully and change the setting to just put the relative path.
Thanks to the patch you will know when it's right ; in your case you just need to remove the folder (which is not required and invalid at the end).

Regards,

Hello,

If you want to provide a downloadable file ; you need to add a "file" to your product.
And instead of providing an URL, you give the code that the plugin indicates you in the configuration (just below the "yes/no" of the attach as download setting).

Regards,

Hello,

www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/1...ns-attachserial.html

Attach as Download - Indicate if the configuration could be use with dynamic download.

Hello,

Please understand that without any single details about what you're doing ; we can't provide you any useful help.

The plugin is based on the FPDi lib and will use TCPDF or FPDF depending your HikaSerial configuration.
These libs are working by default in millimeters.
tcpdf.org/docs/srcdoc/tcpdf/class-TCPDF/#___construct

Afterwards, the plugin uses the function setXY to place the cursor and then the function multiCell to put some content
tcpdf.org/docs/srcdoc/tcpdf/class-TCPDF/#_SetXY
tcpdf.org/docs/srcdoc/tcpdf/class-TCPDF/#_MultiCell

Regards,

Hello,

My bad !
Because I forked the "attach serial" plugin to create the "pdf serial" plugin, the configuration view did not evolve a lot.
I'll change that.

Regarding the fonts ; I just included the basis fonts in HikaSerial because the UTF8 fonts are really heavy.
For example the "fonts" folder in TCPDF is 28MB (15MB once compressed).
I didn't want to let HikaSerial package become huge since most of web hosting won't authorize the upload if the installer is bigger than 8MB.

That why, I let a special directory to let users place their fonts.
It's in media/com_hikaserial/fonts/. You will find two folders for the two libs and you can upload the fonts you want there.
The PDF serial plugin will automatically detect the fonts in the configuration so you will be able to have an UTF8 support with the € character.

Regards,

Hello,

You have to put fonts from the TCPDF lib itself.
Unfortunately, it does not work with TTF files ; it needs special converted files.
So please download TCPDF to get the fonts from it.
As I told you the fonts of that lib are huge and I can't include it into HikaSerial.

Regards,