Monthly Archives: April 2011

Released: Customizable PDF Invoice Module for Magento

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It’s released! Use Ben Gribaudo’s Customizable PDF Invoice Module to style your Magento PDF invoices.

  • Choose the font/font size for each component on the invoice. Use one font for store info, another for item details, make the totals section larger….
  • Set the page size and margin. If you’d like, output invoices as letter-sized instead of Magento’s A4 default. Continue reading →

SSRS: Dataset Field List Is Empty Even After Refresh Fields

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Problem: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services won’t populate the data set’s field list. Clicking Refresh Fields does nothing—the field list remains empty.

Is something wrong with the query? Is there a database permissions issue? Let’s check. Click the Query Designer button, then the red “!” (execute) icon. The query runs and…a normal result set is returned. Since the query executes correctly, the query and permissions must be fine. So, the blank field list indicates an SSRS bug—correct? Not necessarily. Continue reading →

New Module Feature: Customize Magento PDF Invoice Item Columns

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New feature—the forthcoming PDF invoice customization module allows item columns (item name, SKU, price each, tax, etc.) to be customized in three ways:

  • Show/Hide: Selectively remove item columns from the invoice. Perhaps your products are sales tax exempt—use this module to hide the tax column. If you sell your products only in quantities of one, use this module to remove the quantity column.
  • Width: Change column widths. Specify values in points or percentage.
  • Text Align: Set to left, center or right on a per-column basis. Continue reading →