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Jay Hughes, 2009/10/01 23:27

This is my first invoicing app I have used, and I have to say that it is GREAT for being open-source. I didnt want to pay for Quickbooks or Freshbooks, and I am glad that you have this out there for a designer like me that needs it… Thanks!

Jay Hughes Oklahoma City, OK

justin, 2009/10/04 23:53

hey jay

thanks for the post - great to hear your happy with Simple Invoices!

cheers

justin

Jayanti Katariya, 2009/10/11 03:27

I am want to use your system, I have review but I have found that we can't change currency symbol $ to my currency?

justin, 2009/10/11 23:18

hey jayanti

go to 'Settings' → 'Invoice Preferences'

then edit the invoice preference you want

ie. http://simpleinvoices.org/demo/index.php?module=preferences&view=details&id=1&action=edit

change 'Currency Sign' to whatever you want

cheers

justin

Nikolay Kolev, 2009/10/19 20:56

Hi,

looks good, but on your demo if I input some text with Cyrilic characters it shows as ????

justin, 2009/10/19 23:48

hey nikolay

that problem has been fixed in Simple Invoices 2009.1 update 1
http://www.simpleinvoices.org/blog/simple_invoices_2009.1_update_1_released

the demo is still on 2009.1

cheers

justin

nate, 2009/10/28 18:06

how do you delete the sample data?

justin, 2009/10/28 23:57

hey nate

if you don't have other data in Simple Invoices

  • drop all tables of the Simple Invoices db and run the installer again - in Simple Invoices 2009.1 during the installer there is a step to install the sample data - just skip this tep and there will be no sample data

cheers

justin

Away, 2010/05/18 19:01

Hi Justing,

How to delete customer, biller, and user, so payment list I cannot canceled or deleted, hehe just coment, but I like this software, thanks you.

Ibraheem Haider, 2009/10/29 12:26

I am using Simple Invoices, can you tell me how can I add my salesman ids, and have restriction of signing in before using it.

justin, 2009/10/30 00:03

hey ibraheem

1 option

  1. add an invoice custom field called Salesman ID
    1. and manually enter the correct ID for each invoice

re sign in

  1. edit config/config.ini and set authentication.enabled = true

cheers

justin

Michael Millian, 2009/11/01 06:20

Quick question I am trying to make so where I can log in and out already enabled loggin? can you help ?

Thanks Michael

justin, 2009/11/04 00:54

hey michael,

refer how_do_i_enable_authentification_ie_a_login_system_in_simple_invoices

let us know how you go

cheers

justin

clemenclay, 2009/11/20 23:38

hi

I need the system has two currency's dollar and pesos.

dollar = 3.9 pesos

to accomplish this, I thought of using the (Tax item) and multiply by 3.9, but I can not find where is the calculation of the (quantity * UnitPrice +% Tax item) to modify them

I need this to be [quantity] x [UnitPrice] x [Tax item ←–(this item can be 1 or 3.9 for dollar currency)] = price

thanks in advance

Sorry for my English is not very good.

Luis, 2009/11/29 18:24

hi

very usefull but i can find recurring Invoice option is there any way to have that included

best regards

justin, 2009/11/29 23:23

hey luis

recurring invoices is not available currently in Simple Invoices - there are plans to develop this in the near future

note: on the forum someone has developed a basic recurring system but i haven't played with it to much to advise of its use

cheers

justin

cenk yazgan, 2009/12/07 06:16

Turkish chracater PROBLEM..Did not show Turkish characters such as ş, İ, ğ, ı, ö etc. in the customer fields and invoices..Mostly did not show anywhere in the program.

Nishit, 2009/12/18 05:07

Hi,

I heard that recurring invoice is going to live with simple invoice in 2010, so any update on this ?? When can it be go live, we need recurring invoice ???

any developer who can work for us wiht simple invoice then also let us know. at [email protected]

Nishit

justin, 2010/01/05 02:04

hey nishit

recurring invoice is planned for sometime - no work has yet been done

re email - i've just sent an email to you

cheers

justin

justin, 2010/05/31 03:36

hey nishit

recurring invoices has been completed and will be in the 2010.2 release

cheers

justin

Sandy, 2009/12/29 14:41

I'm trying to set up simple invoice, but I'm getting an error immediately:

Notice: Zend_Loader::Zend_Loader::registerAutoload is deprecated as of 1.8.0 and will be removed with 2.0.0; use Zend_Loader_Autoloader instead in C:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend\Loader.php on line 207

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Session_Exception' with message 'Session must be started before any output has been sent to the browser; output started in C:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend\Loader.php/207' in C:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend\Session.php:453 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\simpleinvoices\include\init.php(15): Zend_Session::start() #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\simpleinvoices\index.php(26): require_once('C:\xampp\htdocs…') #2 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend\Session.php on line 453

All the rest of my PHP apps are working, so I'm not sure where to begin to troubleshoot this one. Thanks!

justin, 2010/01/05 02:03

hey sandy

grand the latest release 2010.1 - refer the blog - this problem has been resolved

cheers

justin

Hy Justin, 2010/01/11 09:42

[email protected]

Hi i have this erreur after the first host on OVH

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Db_Adapter_Exception' with message 'SQLSTATE[42000] [1203] User polyformdt_fact already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections' in /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php:143 Stack trace: #0 /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(417): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract→_connect() #1 /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php(230): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract→query('SHOW TABLES', Array) #2 /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(703): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract→query('SHOW TABLES', Array) #3 /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php(94): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract→fetchCol('SHOW TABLES') #4 /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/include/language.php(17): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql→listTables() #5 /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/include/init.php(154): include_once('/homez.11/omaco…') #6 /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/index.php(26): require_once('/homez.11/omaco. in /homez.11/omacom/www/eadmin/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php on line 143

Please help

justin, 2010/01/12 02:14

hey omacom

i've answered your forum post here

http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/751/simple-invoices-database-connection-problem/#Item_12

cheers

justin

Amir, 2010/02/07 17:28

hi, this is very good and useful accounting system, just tel me how can i knows about my stock balance and how can i enter my purchase item? and in second suggest, i am ready for help you about develop persian language (right to left)

justin, 2010/02/15 00:05

hey amir

re stock - currently there is now way in Simple Invoices to do this - it would have to be developed

re “i am ready for help you about develop persian language (right to left)” - let me know if you want to help making right-to-left work for Simple Invoices - i haven;t look at it before - but it would be a great help for Simple Invoices

cheers

justin

kristinejanis, 2010/02/09 04:58

hi!

i get this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/www/procardealers/insure/simpleinvoice/library/Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php on line 40

pls help, thanks in advace!

justin, 2010/05/31 03:37

hey kristinejanis

grab the latest beta version - refer our blog - and retry - should be OK now

cheers

justin

mark, 2010/02/15 21:44

hi … am i just missing the function to add discount to item ? is there some kind of right way to change the look of invoice with css or some html .. is there any rule/right way to do that ?

justin, 2010/04/01 02:35

hey mark

you can apply a negative tax rate to an item - this is the same as a discount - can be fixed $ rate for % based

cheers

justin

taufek, 2010/03/03 16:14

How to set discount rate for customer?

justin, 2010/04/01 02:35

hey taufek,

you can apply a negative tax rate to an item - this is the same as a discount - can be fixed $ rate for % based

cheers

justin

Luis Chavez, 2010/03/05 22:44

Hi;

It looks like a great solution… but, the links are dead. Can someone fix that? thanks and great job!

justin, 2010/04/01 02:36

hey luis

which links?

cheers

justin

Rotimi, 2010/03/28 00:28

Hello Justin, I keep getting this error whenever I tried to send invoices by email. Kindly advice on what I need to do to correct this error.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 524288 bytes) in /home/prinsob7/public_html/billing/library/mail/class.phpmailer.php on line 1107

Thanks

justin, 2010/04/01 02:37

hey rotimi

refer the install guide for how to increase the max memory allowed for apache * increase it to 96M

cheers

justin

Eric Manes, 2010/04/08 20:43

Hi there. I'm psyched to try this. Quick question. I want the invoice to bill for several deliveries on different dates. Can I add the delivery date to each line on the invoice? Thanks very much.

justin, 2010/05/31 03:38

hey eric

you can write in the line item details section the delivery dates for each line item

just click 'show details' in the new invoice screen

cheers

justin

Mike Derkson, 2010/04/14 03:45

HI Justin.

Here in quebec, we have two taxes. one on top of another. The calculation would be like this: $100 is the price of the item. you first tax the GST @ 5%, and then take the total ($105) and tax that with another 7.5%, for a total of $112.87

Is there an easy way to deal with this?

Thanks.

Mike Derkson, 2010/04/14 03:47

HI Justin.

Here in quebec, we have two taxes. one on top of another. The calculation would be like this: $100 is the price of the item. you first tax the GST @ 5%, and then take the total ($105) and tax that with another 7.5%, for a total of $112.87

Is there an easy way to deal with this?

Thanks.

justin, 2010/05/31 03:40

hey mike

on our forum http://simpleinvoices.org/forum some quebec people have created work-arounds

not the best or easiest but it works - search the forum and should find it

cheers

justin

saj, 2010/04/26 05:58

Thank you for this program. The feature that I like most is custom fields … Sir you have been blessed with common sense … custom fields are difficult to find in programs designed by professionals. Please add to the menu Installation, so that people do not have to dig to find what is needed to run the program and how to install it … I urge you to develop a wiki … so that people do not have to dig through forums to look for a solution. Ability to customize is really important … it should be easy and the information readily available within the installation instructions. For example I need to change the label Biller to Agent … probably the information is there … I will just have to look for it … may be other people have to change some other labels to their liking. I really like the name and simple interface. Thanks again.

justin, 2010/05/31 03:41

hey saj

thanks for the post

our wiki is at http://simpleinvoices.org/wiki

cheers

justin

LuisCG, 2010/08/02 01:25

Hi Justin,

         Thank you very much for this program. small question, can you add formulas or references to variables in the customs fields ? for example (TAX * 0,25)

Thanks in advance

justin, 2010/10/25 23:13

Hey Luis

i have not tested adding any types of formuals or references to custom fields - but im pretty sure it wont work

Cheers

Justin

Remi, 2010/08/02 20:18

Is it possible to print reports (payments due etc.) so that I can send them to my customers?

Jaspreet Singh, 2010/08/14 11:52

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2050 ' in /home/everest/public_html/invoice/include/sql_queries.php:1150 Stack trace: #0 /home/everest/public_html/invoice/include/sql_queries.php(1150): PDOStatement→fetch() #1 /home/everest/public_html/invoice/include/init.php(264): getSystemDefaults() #2 /home/everest/public_html/invoice/index.php(29): require_once('/home/everest/p…') #3 {main} thrown in /home/everest/public_html/invoice/include/sql_queries.php on line 1150

Whats This ?? How to solve it

Silvio Mhula, 2010/09/30 00:12

Hi, this mail is just to say thank you for people on this project, you don't have idea of the help you are giving to everybody.

Special thanks goes to Open Source Supporters without them nothing of this would happen!

i did not start using the application i'm still changing the settings to what i want, and then i will be posting here for help on how to use it.

BIG THANKS TO GOD who create this create people ONE LOVE

justin, 2010/10/25 23:14

thanks silvio!

if you have any queries feel free to pos on the forum: http://simpleinvoices.org/forum

cheers

justin

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