how to get ""short description"" in orders/invoices instead of ""name""

how to get ""short description"" in orders/invoices instead of the standard ""name""

If the answer comes in PHP code lines, please make it in a step by step guidance. I am a user not programmer, but I can copy and paste with notepad++

Hello Bob, as this requires that users spend a lot of work time answering topics we have rules regarding this sort of help. See 1 § at
http://forums.litecart.net/topic/137/forum-rules/

If users are willing to spend time writing guides and instructions we welcome an answer to this thread. But doing this takes longer than to actually have a freelancer doing the coding for you.

A general reply to this thread would be...

In /includes/templates/default.catalog/views/printable_order_copy.inc.php you need to substitute with the variable holding short description. Now the short description is part of the catalog product, but not the order item. So it does not exist in the order. In 1.3 you can use the new reference system to quickly get such information from a catalog product if it's still available by refereing to the cart items product id:

This forum ""rule"" is, if I may say so, ruling out the simple user who can fill his shop but has nowhere to go with questions that can only be answered with a hint in PHP. Just because every one is speaking & thinking in PHP. If that is the setting for LiteCart I am certain that LiteCart will be missing a lot of (simple) users now and in the future. Is LiteCart and forum only for PHPers? I hope there is room for people that did not grow up with programming language's however still need to make a little money out of the webshop. Having a webshop is not just an other hobby.

In the same amount of textlines you could have explained me where to look, what to look for and replace it with...... It can be that notime-consuming simple. I am shure I am not the only numnut here learning from your magnificent and quick answers.
No hard feelings, Bob