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Thansk Paulo for the suggestion

its a good idea - currently this is not possible but i've added it into our 'dreamtime' roadmap
http://simpleinvoices.org/roadmap/dreamtime

Cheers

Justin

Well, this seems to be a rather simple chore as it turns out. I started to fiddle around, examined the code, started to add lines when I stopped and tried this:

In simpleinvoices/templates/default/invoices/details.tpl add a radio button to update/edit *or* insert
{if $invoice.id == null}
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="insert" />
{else}
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="{$invoice.id|htmlsafe}" />
<input type="radio" name="action" value="edit" checked>{$LANG.update}&nbsp;<br>
<input type="radio" name="action" value="insert">{$LANG.new}&nbsp;
{/if}

(The code is completely functional. But you will probably want to position the buttons neatly. To keep it brief I didn't post the table-formatting stuff. Also, "new" and "update" will have to be set in the language table(s). Something like "save as new" and "save changes")
Notes/explanation:
When the id is not yet set (new invoice) no radio buttons are shown. When you edit though (edit is preselected) you can now switch to action insert and voilà you've got a copy. Please report any problems. It seems to me everything works fine.

I guess you cold use recurring function for this?

That's not the same thing because there is nothing to edit before running api-cron. So you cannot pick up a record immediately and proceed from there. You'd have to

1. replace the customer to make sure you don't accidently mail your invoice
2. define a recurring invoice
3. run api-cron
4. delete the recurring invoice you just defined to make a copy

Paulo and myself wanted to simply use an existing invoice as a template and modify it.

Cheers,
Rudy

I might not understand what you want. Recurring function copies the existing invoice into a new one which you can later edit....right?

I modified my posting above to express more clearly