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Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by Bogdanp »

tombrossman wrote: post #28
Bogdanp wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a Scala-based backend service that generates the PDFs based on the data it receives from the client (I am planning on transitioning to something like[1] for this purpose in the future, however). The PDFs are garbage-collected within 10 minutes of when they are created. 1: http://parall.ax/products/jspdf

On you site it says "Free Invoice Generator does not store any of your data online. Instead, all of your settings are saved to your browser through the LocalStorage mechanism. Clicking the above button will delete the data that Free Invoice Generator has saved to your computer so far." Maybe I have a poor understanding of the logistics but on reading that I have the impression that my data never leaves my browser. If…

You're right, I've updated the message to reflect that fact. Thanks for pointing that out!

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by joliv »

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Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by tombrossman »

Bogdanp wrote: post #31
tombrossman wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On you site it says "Free Invoice Generator does not store any of your data online. Instead, all of your settings are saved to your browser through the LocalStorage mechanism. Clicking the above button will delete the data that Free Invoice Generator has saved to your computer so far." Maybe I have a poor understanding of the logistics but on reading that I have the impression that my data never leaves my browser. If…

You're right, I've updated the message to reflect that fact. Thanks for pointing that out!

Cool, though I'm almost disappointed now. I was hoping you had figured out some hack to use the browser's 'print to file' functionality, omitting the sidebar and printing only the invoice part of the web page.

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by fpopenerp »

Odoo Invoicing has the features you need and his fully open source. https://www.odoo.com/page/billing

It implements: SSL, PDF, Export, same preview than print but no local storage. In the other hand, it has: online payments, auto generation (subscriptions), send by email or regular mail, etc.

One-click demo: https://demo.odoo.com/?module=account

(disclaimer: I am the author of Odoo)

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by etw »

Bogdanp wrote: post #31
tombrossman wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On you site it says "Free Invoice Generator does not store any of your data online. Instead, all of your settings are saved to your browser through the LocalStorage mechanism. Clicking the above button will delete the data that Free Invoice Generator has saved to your computer so far." Maybe I have a poor understanding of the logistics but on reading that I have the impression that my data never leaves my browser. If…

You're right, I've updated the message to reflect that fact. Thanks for pointing that out!

If you give would like to discuss this on Product Hunt, you can give me your twitter handle and I can give you access there as it's on the home page. Nice job btw

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by Bogdanp »

etw wrote: post #36
Bogdanp wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're right, I've updated the message to reflect that fact. Thanks for pointing that out!

If you give would like to discuss this on Product Hunt, you can give me your twitter handle and I can give you access there as it's on the home page. Nice job btw

I'd love to, thanks. My Twitter handle is the same as my username on here. :)

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by etw »

Bogdanp wrote: post #37
etw wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you give would like to discuss this on Product Hunt, you can give me your twitter handle and I can give you access there as it's on the home page. Nice job btw

I'd love to, thanks. My Twitter handle is the same as my username on here. :)

sent!

Re: Show HN: A free invoice generator

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Post by etw »

Bogdanp wrote: post #37
etw wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you give would like to discuss this on Product Hunt, you can give me your twitter handle and I can give you access there as it's on the home page. Nice job btw

I'd love to, thanks. My Twitter handle is the same as my username on here. :)

sent!
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