<p>There's currently not a native way to change this format, but it is planned for a future release.</p>

<p>In the meantime as a workaround, you can listen to the <a href="https://craftcommerce.com/docs/events-reference#commerce_orders.onbeforesaveorder" rel="nofollow">onBeforeSaveOrder</a> event and change the order number to whatever format you want.  A by-product of that is that the PDF receipt filename should change to your format as well.</p>

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2016-09-02T03:08:33.513Z
2016-09-02T03:08:33.513Z
Brad Bell
<p>In the Commerce plugin, there are several ways to download a PDF of a specific order.</p>

<p>However, the default formatting of the PDF filename isn't very helpful...</p>

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  <p>⁠⁠⁠⁠Order-14ef9b78dae6893cd2ca75ec047ed9a0.pdf</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Is there any way to control the formatting of PDF receipt filenames?</strong></p>

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2016-09-01T21:37:52.123Z
Will be possible to customise the name in a future release.
Luke Holder
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Change how the PDF filename is formatted?
# Change how the PDF filename is formatted?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-01)

In the Commerce plugin, there are several ways to download a PDF of a specific order.

However, the default formatting of the PDF filename isn't very helpful...

> ⁠⁠⁠⁠Order-14ef9b78dae6893cd2ca75ec047ed9a0.pdf

**Is there any way to control the formatting of PDF receipt filenames?**

**Tags:** plugin-craftcommerce, pdf

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Will be possible to customise the name in a future release.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-09-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

There's currently not a native way to change this format, but it is planned for a future release.

In the meantime as a workaround, you can listen to the [onBeforeSaveOrder](https://craftcommerce.com/docs/events-reference#commerce_orders.onbeforesaveorder) event and change the order number to whatever format you want. A by-product of that is that the PDF receipt filename should change to your format as well.


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