Need help formatting company address for invoices #12609

oguzhanagir created 8 months ago

Support Team

Hi @eric_pulaski

Yes, this is possible in ASP.NET Zero, and what you are seeing is related to how line breaks are handled internally.

By default, ASP.NET Zero splits the invoice address into multiple lines by using either the pipe (|) character or Windows style line breaks (\r\n). In InvoiceAppService.cs, the relevant logic looks like this:

HostAddress = hostAddress.Replace("\r\n", "|").Split('|').ToList();

Because of this, if the address is entered as a single block or if the line breaks are not in \r\n format, the invoice will still render the address on one line.

Using Pipe Character

You can already display the address on multiple lines by entering it like this in the Address field:

Company Name | Street Address | City, State ZIP | Country

This will be rendered as separate lines on the invoice.

Using the Enter Key

Some browsers send only \n (Unix style) when you press Enter, instead of \r\n (Windows style). In that case, the default code does not detect the line breaks correctly, which is why everything appears on a single line in the invoice.

To support both formats and allow pressing Enter to create new lines, you can slightly update InvoiceAppService.cs.

Line 68

// Old
HostAddress = hostAddress.Replace("\r\n", "|").Split('|').ToList();

// New
HostAddress = hostAddress
    .Replace("\r\n", "|")
    .Replace("\n", "|")
    .Split('|')
    .ToList();

Line 72

// Old
TenantAddress = invoice.TenantAddress.Replace("\r\n", "|").Split('|').ToList();

// New
TenantAddress = invoice.TenantAddress
    .Replace("\r\n", "|")
    .Replace("\n", "|")
    .Split('|')
    .ToList();

If you have any questions or need further assistance, we will be happy to help.

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