Version 2.1.1 update and safety hardening

Understand the hardened PDF-close hook

This guide explains that when the module safely renders a QR code and when it returns without changing the PDF. The guide then takes you through the correct route, the checks to complete before making changes, the workflow in order, and the evidence to review afterwards.

Audience: CRM administratorPermission: AdministratorModule v2.1.1
Jump to steps
Where to goGenerate a supported Invoice, Payment, Credit Note, Estimate or Proposal PDF
Before you start
  • Use an account with Administrator and confirm the intended record or setting before making a change.
  • Follow the exact route above. If the screen or action is absent, check module activation, ownership and permissions rather than using another person’s account.
  • Use controlled test data for configuration, integration, email, AI, payment, portal or automation changes before production-wide use.

What you’ll accomplish

Know when the module safely renders a QR code and when it returns without changing the PDF. The instructions reflect the supplied module’s registered menus, controller actions, views, settings and code-backed validation flow.

Follow these steps

  1. Go to Generate a supported Invoice, Payment, Credit Note, Estimate or Proposal PDF.
  2. Select the relevant record, filter, report, model or configuration described below.
  3. Use the displayed action or read the current values without altering unrelated data.
  4. Compare the output with the code-backed rules and expected result in this guide.
  5. Record or correct any mismatch before relying on the output in production.

Fields and options to review

Exact actionUnderstand the hardened PDF-close hook
Exact navigationGenerate a supported Invoice, Payment, Credit Note, Estimate or Proposal PDF
Module version2.1.1
VerificationVerify the described lifecycle, setting, PDF or compliance evidence behaviour in the same workspace.

Rules the system enforces

  • The hook requires an array payload, a non-empty type and pdf_instance that is an App_pdf.
  • Invalid hook payloads return without rendering.
  • Throwable errors are written to the application log.

How to confirm it worked

  • The supported understand the hardened pdf-close hook flow completes without bypassing permission or validation checks.
  • The resulting record, setting, status, file, delivery event or external response is visible from the relevant workspace.
  • Unexpected validation, provider or linked-record errors are investigated before retrying.

Security, privacy and operational checks

  • Apply least privilege to purchasing, vendor, invoice, payment, return, contract and report permissions.
  • Verify vendor identity, bank/payment details, tax, currency, totals and approvals before creating financial commitments.
  • Treat public links, signatures, portal files, attachments and exported reports as controlled business records.
  • Test settings and automated jobs with controlled records before production-wide use.