Shipping invoice button

-- HikaShop version -- : 4.3.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.9.18
-- PHP version -- : 7.3.17

I don't know if this is a bug or intended behavior. There's 2 "invoice" buttons on an order for me

"Invoice" <= which in my case with the PDF plugin instantly generates a PDF invoice
"Shipping Invoice" <== opens up an invoice preview window with a print

I was expecting the "shipping invoice" button to simply be a 1 click action that (re)sends the invoice to the buyer, not opening a local "print" window. So my current NL translation may not be 100% accurate (it's current translation means "re-send invoice"), or the string "shipping invoice" may be a bit misleading.


** edit ** crap, picked the wrong forum category again.
Because right now, both have pretty much identical function (or is the left most "Invoice" button there because of the PDF invoice plugin?)

Is what i'm seeing normal? Am i misunderstanding something. How would one re-send the invoice for an order, from the backend.

So things are behaving as they should then. Just activated that setting. Though the term "invoice" in is a bit misleading / inaccurate. It's more of a shipping / packing note. An invoice indicates some type of pricing present Maybe a rename of the default string value is in order?

I changed these values to a more appropriate label for the menu items and invoice values

FIELD_PRODUCT_SHIPPING_INVOICE
FIELD_ORDER_SHIPPING_INVOICE <== affects header on the shipping "invoice"
FIELD_ITEM_SHIPPING_INVOICE
SHIPPING_INVOICE_NUMBER
PDF_SHIPPING_INVOICE <== affects pdf filename
SHIPPING_INVOICE <== affects the button

but i'm not sure what the other 2 are for.

and FIELD_PRODUCT_SHIPPING_INVOICE? Am i missing any? related to the shipping invoice?

Because if i want to change any i better change them all accordingly in the language file.

Oh and is there a way to send out the shipping invoice automatically to the OWNER ONLY when a order has been marked as "confirmed" (ake payment received)?

hmm, didn't get a notification. Your reply seems to indicate it's possible to have it sent out automatically, just not to just one person. To whom is it sent out then and where do i find that setting? Is that a hikashop native plugin?

Since i know the hourly rate because of the previous customisation work. What timeframe are we looking at here?

Sounds good to me. Might be something for next week or later though. I'll send another e-mail when it's ok. Though the "automatic" would need to be optional (a setting). This plugin is used on a few sites and one of them wants to do this manually, each time an order was physically packed (as its a small business)

So basically the functionality looking for is

1. the plugin is CAPABLE of automatically adding the shipping invoice to the payment confirmation but
2. doesn't automatically add it unless there's a setting in the plugin activated to automatically do it

Kind of like that yes/no that "replaces" the default shipping invoice there would be a settin "automatically attach shipping invoice to payment confirmation YES/NO"

Does this increase the cost or still doable within the same cost range.