How to change PDF setting for the current language to Non English- V.1.4

[Lotus Ong]

How to change the PDF setting for the current language from English to Non English (Like Chinese Simplified) , Which type of encoding that we need to select ? The invoice can't show the non English text ?

[wqest]

Hi!

I have exact same issue. PDF invoice and Back office is in English, Front office is translated (in my case Estonian)

Ver 1.4.5.1 and custom theme.

 

Help please!

[bellini13]

the invoice should be created using the language of the person logged in and viewing it. you may need to create those translations in the Tools | Translations section of the back office.

 

Under Modify translations section, choose PDF Translations and then click the appropriate flag to edit them.

[wqest]

Hi!

 

Everything seems to be translated. Estonian language pack is 85 % translated. Not even a single row is missing under PDF and Back Office modify option.

 

What is the prob?

Help please

 

Oh, and yeah.. Have fun tonight!

[bellini13]

@wqest, when you are viewing the invoice, are you doing it from the front office or the back office?

[wqest]

@wqest, when you are viewing the invoice, are you doing it from the front office or the back office?

From the back office. And if i make a test order as a client my invoice is also in English.

[bellini13]

i had stated in my previous thread, that the invoice is always displayed in the language of the logged in user. since you said your back office default is english, then i would expect you to see the invoice in english.

 

when you tested a client order from the front office, what language did you select?

[wqest]

when you tested a client order from the front office, what language did you select?

 

Estonian. And Estonian is default language anyways...

[bellini13]

ok, so the back office apparently is working properly, since the language is english, and the invoice is displaying in english, true?

 

for the front office, did you ensure that the PDF Translations exists for that language? Also, when you made the purchase, was the language english or Estonian? the language is stored at the order level, so even though you have selected Estonian for the front office, it may be showing english if you checked out originally as english.

[wqest]

Well... here is my test page:

-edit-

Employee is able to view only.

[bellini13]

i created an order but I cannot log into your backoffice using those credentials. can you update the order to payment accepted so that an invoice can be generated.

[wqest]

Payment accepted.

New log in:

-edit-

 

Thanks in a billion, bellini

[bellini13]

this worked appropriately for me. i will send you a PM with details

[wqest]

I just figured out thanks to you, bellini! Back office invoice created in that language which are chosen by employee.

Back office -> Employee -> pick one -> set proper language. That's it in my case.

 

Simple as that, but somehow it does not make any sense before.

 

Sorry for my really bad English and THANK YOUUU!!! bellini13.

[EQ10000]

In my case, as Chinese cannot be shown in the pdf, is it possible to set all pdf including from orders would be in English.

 

thanks!

[bellini13]

you would just need to override the PDF.php class so that it defaults to the english language

[EQ10000]

Well, After two days hacking, if I got the right concept, I need to replace: self::l('INVOICE #') which 'L' is the core function to using the current language the user selected.

 

I decided to just input English to pdf translation for all fields.

Tools > Translation > modify translation > pdf translation : all fields use English. So, INVOICE# : 'Invoice #'

 

If I got wrong, any recommendation would be welcome.

[EQ10000]

Well, this is not the right way to fix as customer may input Chinese and the pdf would output ???? still.

 

Please help to make tools/fpdf to support all UTF-8 lang.

[bellini13]

PDF.php has a construct function, which looks at a cookie to determine the language to use. I would have just altered this function so it hardcodes to english.

 

	public function __construct($orientation = 'P', $unit = 'mm', $format = 'A4')
{
	global $cookie;

	if (!isset($cookie) OR !is_object($cookie))
		$cookie->id_lang = (int)(Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT'));
	self::$_iso = strtoupper(Language::getIsoById($cookie->id_lang));
	FPDF::FPDF($orientation, $unit, $format);
	$this->_initPDFFonts();
}