PDF template generation

[shalmaxb]

Hello,

item, I experimented further and designed an invoice form in Word, then saved as html in Word (normally the output is nearly unusable for web development, because Word puts a lot of microsoft proprietary code in it) and to my surprise the output, when using the Word HTML used in the email template is nearly perfect. Next I will convert a docx with one of the many online converters to HTML and see, waht it gets.
In the attachment I provide a Word template converted this way and printed from the email client.

[item]

Hello,
your template is not hard ! just find a "web designer" for make it in HTML without custom tag.
after just write the templating {tag}

My approch is different.. i use a real docx as template in espocrm. I use phpOffice as library.

Tcpdf can't "print to pdf" my sample... blank pdf.. but https://cloudmersive.com/ do it perfecly (and it's free for max 800 request ) ..the result of pdf is same as docx.. (somethime bug, but i use pdf creation in a foreach boucle.) For one record, maybe no problem.

[esforim]

Yuri made the change in regard to "PDF Library" if any early bird want to start testing it:

https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/1850

[item]

Hello esforim
Yes.. Yuri make many change .. and i have no anythink to say about because he do it for the best..for state of art.. but .. we can't not follow it ..

[rinorway]

What is helpful is add a few default helpers for moustache/lightncandy
together with HTML preview before passing it to TCPDF

Eg , following https://docs.espocrm.com/development...custom-helper/ you may
use {{dump id}} to list all available elements and their values for debugging.

public static function dump()
{
$args = func_get_args();
$context = $args[count($args)-1];
$data = $context['data']['root'];
$html = "<span style=\"font-size: 50%;\">";
foreach($data AS $key => $value) {
$html.="$key -> $value<br/>";
}
$html.= "</span>";
return new LightnCandy\SafeString($html);
}