How to Update TCPDF

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• Balduin

  February 2011 Vote Up0Vote Down

  i don't think updating the tcpdf class is a good idea if you do not know exactly what you are doing. the tcpdf class has a lot of releases from the original developer and each new release may or may not work with your crm. your error message for example relates to the fonts used in tcpdf which may be different in each release.
• Labbi

  February 2011 Vote Up0Vote Down

  hi balduin,
  
  thank you for your reply. it is really a pity, since the svg-support (vector-graphics) is given only in version 5+. on vtiger 5.1. there is still 4.something.
  
  do you know by hazard, wheather there is a 5+ version of tcpdf in vtiger 5.2. ??? if so, i would consider upgrading the entire system.
  
  thank you again,
  
  labbi
• Balduin

  February 2011 Vote Up0Vote Down

  i checked svg already and could not get it to work.
• Labbi

  February 2011 Vote Up0Vote Down

  me too. exactly. this is because svg-support is given only for tcpdf-versions above 5.0.
  
  please, vtiger-team, upgrade tcpdf. it is very useful and makes the system more attractive, if we could use vector-images in the pdf files...
  
  thanks!
  labbi
• joska01

  March 2012 Vote Up0Vote Down

  2.ways try:
  
  open tcpdf.php
  jump to line 5109:

  $this->error('the font definition file has a bad format: '.$fontfile.'');
  

  and input to line before:

  echo "this->getfontpath: ".$this->_getfontpath();
  

  save tcpdf.php
  try run generate pdf and you see together error message 'could not include font definition file family' the dir where font (helvetica.php) must be included. is it?
  
  or
  
  open tcpdf.php
  jump to line 8763:

  protected function _getfontpath() {
  

  change line 8767:

  return defined('k_path_fonts') ? k_path_fonts : '';
  

  to 8767:

  return "/etc/etc/libraries/tcpdf/fonts/";
  

  directory where you have tcpdf fonts
  save tcpdf.php