(2.9.9.5) No fonts _specs.xml files found warning

[Gouz]

After upgrading 2.9.9.4 to 2.9.9.5 i get the following warning in SHOP tab.

""
Warning
No fonts _specs.xml files found in ..../libraries/tcpdf/fonts
""

[GJC Web Design]

VM3 is released..... 

[Gouz]

Just updated. Same thing.

[Troels_E]

Same thing here.
Just building from scratch with VM3.

"No fonts _specs.xml files found in....."

[Milbo]

It is a false positiv. You can ignore it.

[Snake 60]

It is a false positiv. You can ignore it.

How I can ignore it if I can't set any fonts for invoices???
Joomla 3.3.6+Virtuemart 3.0.0

[Christopher]

I have the same problem using J3.3.6 / vm3.0.0

I have checked the source code and find only one reference, in the file "administrator/components/com_virtuemart/models/config.php" around line 129 :

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/**
* Retrieve a list of available fonts to be used with PDF Invoice generation & PDF Product view on FE
*
* @author Nikos Zagas
* @return object List of available fonts
*/
function getTCPDFFontsList() {

$dir = VMPATH_ROOT.DS.'libraries'.DS.'tcpdf'.DS.'fonts';
$result = array();
if(function_exists('glob')){
$specfiles = glob($dir.DS."*_specs.xml");
foreach ($specfiles as $file) {
$fontxml = @simpleXML_load_file($file);
if ($fontxml) {
if (file_exists($dir . DS . $fontxml->filename . '.php')) {
$result[] = JHtml::_('select.option', $fontxml->filename, vmText::_($fontxml->fontname.' ('.$fontxml->fonttype.')'));
} else {
vmError ('A font master file is missing: ' . $dir . DS . $fontxml->filename . '.php');
}
} else {
vmError ('Wrong structure in font XML file: '. $dir . DS . $file);
}
}
}

return $result;
}


I am not a great PHP programmer but a quick check of vm 2.6.x code and I found the following more extensive code, in the same file and location, around line 111 :

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/**
* Retrieve a list of available fonts to be used with PDF Invoice generation & PDF Product view on FE
*
* @author Nikos Zagas
* @return object List of available fonts
*/
function getTCPDFFontsList() {

$dir = JPATH_ROOT.DS.'libraries'.DS.'tcpdf'.DS.'fonts';
$result = array();
if(function_exists('glob')){
$specfiles = glob($dir.DS."*_specs.xml");
} else {
$specfiles = array();
$manual = array('courier_specs.xml','freemono_specs.xml','helvetica_specs.xml');
foreach($manual as $file){
if(file_exists($dir.DS.$file)){
$specfiles[] = $dir.DS.$file;
}
}
}
foreach ($specfiles as $file) {
$fontxml = @simpleXML_load_file($file);
if ($fontxml) {
if (file_exists($dir . DS . $fontxml->filename . '.php')) {
$result[] = JHTML::_('select.option', $fontxml->filename, JText::_($fontxml->fontname.' ('.$fontxml->fonttype.')'));
} else {
vmError ('A font master file is missing: ' . $dir . DS . $fontxml->filename . '.php');
}
} else {
vmError ('Wrong structure in font XML file: '. $dir . DS . $file);
}
}

return $result;
}

... Is there something missing with the code for vm 3.0 ?

Can we cut-and-paste this code from 2.6.x to 3.0.0 ?

Thanks in advance

[Christopher]

After a bit more digging, I think I have found a solution...

I checked a backed up vm2.6.x site and looked in this folder:

[site root]/libraries/tcpdf/fonts

... where I found a bunch of "[fontname]_specs.xml" files for various fonts - five files in all, so I nailed these up to the same folder ( [site root]/libraries/tcpdf/fonts ) in my vm3.0.0 installation and (fingers crossed) it appears to have solved the problem.

I also found a repository of the XML files and other ways to solve the problem here:

https://codereview.appspot.com/8092047/

... I hope this helps

[Snake 60]

to Christopher
Thanks, you real help
+ woot in karma

[Christopher]

No problem Snake 60 - glad I could help.

Perhaps if we can get a heads up from Milbo on whether this is a good fix (or whether there are missing file or code from the release of vm 2.9 and vm3.0) then we can flag this as solved

[Troels_E]

Thanks for the link!

I'm no developer and only my logic tells me what this or that code do, so it was a bit difficult to understand why it should be a false positive, since it was clearly not working.

EDIT: Would be nice to get a confirmation about whether this is the actual bug and a straightforward way to fix it (I'm not sure what to do with the files linked above). Or just a word of whether it is fixed in next update.

[Milbo]

It is fixed in the matter, that if there are no spec files are found, it takes a fallback. Thank you for the hint, that the spec files are in vm2.6, I think zakos added them a year ago.

[NETsystem.tv]

Hello, i'm a new user in the forum.

Joomla 3, VM3.

I have this bug:(Error).
Attenzione
No fonts _specs.xml files found in /web/htdocs/www.taorvica.it/home/libraries/tcpdf/fonts

How can fix this problem?,
thanks you, very much,

Best Regards from Italy
René

[jjk]

If your version of VirtueMart still needs the the _specs.xml files, you can download them here: http://dev.virtuemart.net/projects/virtuemart/repository/show/trunk/virtuemart/libraries/tcpdf/fonts