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Not creating pdfs after updates

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  • girishG Offline
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    girish
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    #2

    Thanks for reporting. I probably broke it with https://git.cloudron.io/packages/invoiceninja-app/-/commit/ceb2f0e238c1306e7cbf18021d2601065e38d2ab . Investigating

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      It seems it broke upstream . Several reports - https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/discussions/10466 https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/issues/10467 https://github.com/invoiceninja/dockerfiles/issues/683 etc

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        As a work around I changed a line in the env file to:
        PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=true

        Now my pdf's generate and invoices email sucessfully ( the non-generation also stopped email sending).

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          I have a fix at https://git.cloudron.io/packages/invoiceninja-app/-/merge_requests/40

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          • humptydumptyH Offline
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            voiced my concern upstream and linked Girish's merge request for visibility

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            • A AartJansen

              As a work around I changed a line in the env file to:
              PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=true

              Now my pdf's generate and invoices email sucessfully ( the non-generation also stopped email sending).

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              wrote on last edited by humptydumpty
              #7

              @AartJansen Is the template design all messed up for you?

              I'm using the clean template, and all the fields are squished to the left in the actual PDF and in the preview.

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                @humptydumpty I think there are reports like https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/issues/10478

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                • girishG girish

                  @humptydumpty I think there are reports like https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/issues/10478

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                  #9

                  @girish I checked my PDF's (I send a copy to myself) and it started with 5.11.11. I'm not sure what they're doing upstream, but PDF issues keep recurring every few updates 🤦‍♂️

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                    LOL so I'm using a Logitech MX Mini keyboard and the F7 button also doubles as an emoji window/tool thing. Nodebb doesn't have a male facepalm icon so it tossed a female facepalm and the male symbol 🤣

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                    • humptydumptyH humptydumpty

                      @AartJansen Is the template design all messed up for you?

                      I'm using the clean template, and all the fields are squished to the left in the actual PDF and in the preview.

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                      @humptydumpty No they look the same with either generated for me. (thankfully)

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                        #12

                        Now my workaround doesn't work either, the invoices are unreadable/blank for mail recipients.

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                        • humptydumptyH humptydumpty

                          LOL so I'm using a Logitech MX Mini keyboard and the F7 button also doubles as an emoji window/tool thing. Nodebb doesn't have a male facepalm icon so it tossed a female facepalm and the male symbol 🤣

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                          @humptydumpty said in Not creating pdfs after updates:

                          Nodebb doesn't have a male facepalm icon so it tossed a female facepalm and the male symbol 🤣

                          this happens me when using emojis on mobile but I eventually worked out you can then edit your post and delete the extra symbol

                          I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                          • humptydumptyH humptydumpty

                            @girish I checked my PDF's (I send a copy to myself) and it started with 5.11.11. I'm not sure what they're doing upstream, but PDF issues keep recurring every few updates 🤦‍♂️

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                            @humptydumpty said in Not creating pdfs after updates:

                            @girish I checked my PDF's (I send a copy to myself) and it started with 5.11.11. I'm not sure what they're doing upstream, but PDF issues keep recurring every few updates 🤦

                            See, I just quoted your post with the extra symbol then deleted it and it change to the above

                            I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                            • jdaviescoatesJ jdaviescoates

                              @humptydumpty said in Not creating pdfs after updates:

                              @girish I checked my PDF's (I send a copy to myself) and it started with 5.11.11. I'm not sure what they're doing upstream, but PDF issues keep recurring every few updates 🤦

                              See, I just quoted your post with the extra symbol then deleted it and it change to the above

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                                @AartJansen are you using the latest package 1.16.0 ? The package has now switched to google chrome stable like upstream. Can you check if a fresh installation works for you?

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                                  #17

                                  I'm on 1.16.0 (upgraded existing app) and PDFs weren't generating for me which in turn causes invoice emails not to send. I changed false to true in the .env file and it's all working now. PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=true

                                  Do existing apps upgrade properly to the new Chrome thing or should I go with a fresh install? If so, does the normal backup restore/import work in this case or should I use the built-in app's export/import function?

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                                    @humptydumpty it should be like below and atleast for new packages it works

                                    PDF_GENERATOR=snappdf
                                    SNAPPDF_CHROMIUM_PATH=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable
                                    
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                                      I'll give those a try soon. Thanks!

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                                        #20

                                        @girish I compared my existing .env file to fresh install to see what else has changed and noticed a few things:

                                        In my existing env file, there was a double entry of this section:

                                        DB_HOST=mysql
                                        DB_DATABASE=blablabla
                                        DB_USERNAME=blablabla
                                        DB_PASSWORD=blablabla
                                        DB_PORT=3306
                                        

                                        Then, we have:

                                        Existing env DB_CONNECTION=db-ninja-01
                                        Fresh env DB_CONNECTION=mysql

                                        Existing env TRUSTED_PROXIES=
                                        Fresh env TRUSTED_PROXIES=*

                                        Lastly, we have a few additions that didn't exist before, such as:

                                        PHANTOMJS_KEY='a-demo-key-with-low-quota-per-ip-address'
                                        PHANTOMJS_SECRET=secret
                                        
                                        DELETE_PDF_DAYS=60
                                        DELETE_BACKUP_DAYS=60
                                        
                                        GOOGLE_PLAY_PACKAGE_NAME=
                                        APPSTORE_PASSWORD=
                                        
                                        MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID=
                                        MICROSOFT_CLIENT_SECRET=
                                        MICROSOFT_REDIRECT_URI=
                                        
                                        APPLE_CLIENT_ID=
                                        APPLE_CLIENT_SECRET=
                                        APPLE_REDIRECT_URI=
                                        
                                        NORDIGEN_SECRET_ID=
                                        NORDIGEN_SECRET_KEY=
                                        
                                        # https://invoiceninja.github.io/en/self-host-installation/#supervisor-for-invoice-ninja-ubuntu-22-04-lts
                                        

                                        I hope copy/pasting these new additions won't mess anything up in the database.

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                                          @humptydumpty yes, the fresh variables are correct. The PHANTOMJS_* should not be required afaik

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