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Where did you make your customizations? Was it done in the database itself or a file?
What values were changed? Do you have a backup of your DB?

Which files are responsible for generating the actual PDF?

No changes have been made to the database and I do have backups. I changed the following files:

line 356 in public_html/invoice/include/classcron.php:
From: $email -> subject = $email->set_subject();
To: $email -> subject = date('F Y')." Invoice";

Line 306 in public_html/invoice/include/classcron.php:
From: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", $invoice['index_name']);
To: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", date('F Y'));

Line 213 in public_html/invoice/include/class/export.php:
From: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", $invoice['index_name']);
To: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", date('F Y'));

I also changed public_html/invoice/include/class/email/body.php to the following:

<?php<br />class email_body {

public function create()
{

switch ($this->email_type)
{
case "cron_payment":
{

$email_body = <<<EOT<br />Hi $this->customer_name,




Attached is a PDF copy of this month's invoice.




Thanks!




My Name


$this->biller_name


XXX-XXX-XXXX (office)


XXX-XXX-XXXX (cell)
EOT;
break;
}

case "cron_invoice_reprint":
{

$email_body = <<<EOT<br />Hi $this->customer_name,




Attached is a PDF copy of this month's invoice.




Thanks!




My Name


$this->biller_name


XXX-XXX-XXXX (office)


XXX-XXX-XXXX (cell)
EOT;
break;
}
case "cron_invoice":
default:
{

$email_body = <<<EOT<br />Hi $this->customer_name,




Attached is a PDF copy of this month's invoice.




Thanks!




My Name


$this->biller_name


XXX-XXX-XXXX (office)


XXX-XXX-XXXX (cell)
EOT;
}
}

return $email_body;
}

}

OK, I did some more testing after reinstalling from a fresh copy of the source files. It seems that when I change line 306 in public_html/invoice/include/class/cron.php:

From: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", $invoice['index_name']);
To: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", date('F Y'));

and:

Line 213 in public_html/invoice/include/class/export.php:
From: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", $invoice['index_name']);
To: $spc2us_pref = str_replace(" ", "_", date('F Y'));

...the problem occurs. How can I change my file names without breaking PDF generation?

That im unsure of cause of my lack of knowledge with this sort of thing. One thought is where is the index_name defined from and is the substitution you present understood in this case. It looks like the previous entry called a value that may have been addressed earlier or passed with an include. I do like your use for this as invoices with dates generated is kinda the norm and good for tracking purposes.

I fixed the problem...

per http://www.simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/comment/7239/#Comment_7239, I had to also modify public_html/modules/invoices/email.php with the exact same changes as made above. Once I did that my attachments started working correctly with the correct naming convention (date.pdf).