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VirtueMart 2 + 3 + 4 => Plugins: Payment, Shipment and others => Topic started by: CDCG on December 17, 2019, 19:36:53 PM

Title: Is there a Way or an Extension to downlad all Store products as a PDF catalog?
Post by: CDCG on December 17, 2019, 19:36:53 PM
Hi, I want to be able to export the products into a PDF catalog.  Is there a way to do this or is there an extension?  I haven't found anything.  Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Is there a Way or an Extension to downlad all Store products as a PDF catalog?
Post by: Studio 42 on December 18, 2019, 02:02:09 AM
You have https://extensions.refactory-project.com/sprint/sprint-4-0 but It really render poor, i modified the template system for a customer that wanted a more advanced render.
You need more then 2 go PHP memory for 500 products with images, if i'm remember right, so if you dont have dedicated server, it's hard to print a big product catalog.
Title: Re: Is there a Way or an Extension to downlad all Store products as a PDF catalog?
Post by: AH on December 18, 2019, 10:22:57 AM
Agreed studio42

I used sprint 4 -
Had to heavily customise the code and layout to make a presentable PDF for customer consumption
The performance was slow and I ended up creating the PDF on a local version of my site rather than in live
Title: Re: Is there a Way or an Extension to downlad all Store products as a PDF catalog?
Post by: CDCG on December 18, 2019, 17:41:00 PM
Thanks for your inputs.  Sounds like this is a challenge for Virtuemart and its extension developers. 
Title: Re: Is there a Way or an Extension to downlad all Store products as a PDF catalog?
Post by: PRO on December 18, 2019, 20:06:16 PM
Are you wanting each product page as a single PDF page?

Its a lot easier code to export the products in a CSV format, and then save as PDF.