Progressive invoice number without "holes"

I would like to know if Hikashop can generate invoices like Italian laws requires.

We need progressive invoice number starting at the beginning of every new year from number 1 and must be progressive 1,2,3,4,5,......1347 etc without "holes" in numeration; we cannot have 1,4,6,12, etc we must have 2,3,5,7,8,9,10,11 etc.. in this example.

My doubt is: if I delete an order I also generate an "hole" in the numeration? Example, I had generated invoices 1,2,3,4. Now for some reason the order with ID 5 is deleted or user do not confirm it. What happens to invoice sequence? It will go on with number 6? and what about number 5?

Also, think about that order with ID number 5 is generated but the payment not yet completed. In the meanwhile the order number 6 is placed and payed. What happens this case? I have the order number 5 with a date bigger that order 6??? I cannot have it this way. I should have a pro-forma invoice that will be converted with the subsequential order number when payment is completed so in that case the order with ID 5 will become invoice number 6 after real payment.

Last I would have a number invoice like this:

Fattura numero 1/01 del 14 Maggio 2012
Fattura numero 2/01 del 14 Maggio 2012
Fattura numero 3/01 del 16 Maggio 2012
Fattura numero 4/01 del 19 Maggio 2012
Fattura numero 5/01 del 25 Maggio 2012
and so on...

Is all that possible?

Thanks in advice?

Ok, I hope you can implement those features as soon as possible.

Will you implement also a way to let me restart the invoice number from 1 every new year?

What about pro-forma invoice?

Thanks in advice.

I must restart the invoice number at value 1 every new 1 genuary of every year. Would you consider this in future releases?

With pro-forma invoice I mean a non legal invoice, just a "fac-simile" that can be' converted with real invoice number when payment is completed. That to be' sure I do not have holes in numbering sequence.
This is necessary in case described in previuous posts when someone pay online while someone else pay with Bank transfer for example.

Hi.

Please I need the same thing. Could it be done manually (or temporarily) by code subtracting the last Dec-31 autoincr value to the new year autoincr values in the invoices via views editting? I know maybe this is not the best solution, but it could be a temporarily one.

Please help. Thanks.

PD: Please, How can I be noticed when the 'invoice numbering system' will be available? I'm from Spain and I need this feature. Thanks.

nicolas wrote: Hi,
The first version of the invoice numbering system won't cover the reseting of the numbering at specific dates.
That is planned for a later version and shouldn't be too complex to add after we have that decoupling between order number and invoice number.

nicolas wrote: I can't guarantee anything. The first version is already developed and should be available in September/October.
But the second version with the invoice numbering reset is not planned yet.

Hi Nicolas.

What about doing the invoice 'reset' procedure by code subtracting the last Dec-31 value to the new year autoincr values (while we wait for the next version of the invoice numbering system)? Maybe a field in the DB where we could put the last number of prior year and a variable in the numbering format so we could subtract that number to the current autoincr value (if we want) to make the order/invoice number. If this is not possible (to modify DB or core code) I think it would be subtracting that number in the order/invoice views manually.

Could be this a 'temporarily solution' while we wait for the next version of the invoice numbering system?

Please help, I need this procedure.

Thanks.

Hi.

Do you know approximately when will be the invoice numbering system available? How will you notify it?

Thanks.

October is ending... are you ready?

Thanks. I will do lot of tests and will report.

I cannot test the invoice function, I can do it only with commercial versions. Any commercial version available for beta test?

I've asked for a hikashop business 2.0 to test sendind a contact form request. Thanks.