Re: why is this line in GeneralStore?

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16222
interpreted = N
texte = >I'm wondering why this line is in the GeneralStore Invoice.tmpl.: >It's provided as an example of how to pass thru the title of a product into the textA field of an order file. If you're already using textA for color, then change it to textB or C,D,E.>Perhaps this line has something to do with the fact that when I go to >ViewOrder.tmpl, the Title of my product doesn't show up. I just get the >[title] tag. Everything else is good.Yes, exactly. The order file has no idea what your product title is (or even if you have such a field in your database), so you need to stick it in there explicitly.Alternatively you can add a db= into your ViewOrder URL and WebCatalog will automatically search for fields like [title] (inside [lineitems]) in that database.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: why is this line in GeneralStore? (Sjoerd Jan ter Welle 1998)
  2. Re: why is this line in GeneralStore? (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  3. Re: why is this line in GeneralStore? (Sue Ann Sanders 1998)
  4. Re: why is this line in GeneralStore? (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  5. why is this line in GeneralStore? (Sue Ann Sanders 1998)
>I'm wondering why this line is in the GeneralStore Invoice.tmpl.: >It's provided as an example of how to pass thru the title of a product into the textA field of an order file. If you're already using textA for color, then change it to textB or C,D,E.>Perhaps this line has something to do with the fact that when I go to >ViewOrder.tmpl, the Title of my product doesn't show up. I just get the >[title] tag. Everything else is good.Yes, exactly. The order file has no idea what your product title is (or even if you have such a field in your database), so you need to stick it in there explicitly.Alternatively you can add a db= into your ViewOrder URL and WebCatalog will automatically search for fields like [title] (inside [lineitems]) in that database.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Grant Hulbert

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