Re: orderfile headers (was: 2nd Request for help/adviceonvariable pricing)
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = But John P. ... under certain conditions, forms inputs named after headers (and submitted via form) is enough to get them into the header slots (like shipVia, etc. in SM sample stores) SO there is another way... the way that newer users tend to rely on without even knowing how it works... But still convenient as heck ;-) Maybe you could give us a comprehensive overview of those conditions...?-John B.John Peacock wrote:> Steven Jarvis wrote: > > Okay, just to make sure I understand this, when the customer enters data in > > the form and submits it and the form field was styled: > > > > > > > > where [Header14] was empty, whatever data he submitted would be placed in > > [Header14] of his cart, yes? > > > > No, you don't have it at all. If you are in an orderfile context, > [Header14] will display what is currently in the current cart's Header14 > field. If you want to save something to a header field, you need to use > either: > [SetHeader] > or [SetLineItem] > or [AddLineItem] > > Wait, some of you are going to yell, how can you set a header field by > setting a line item? Look at the 4.x docs; when setting or adding a > new line item, if you include any header field in the context, it will > also be updated. Very useful, methinks... > > If you want to capture a user's choice from a list, or an input field, > and stuff it into the header, use something like this on the _next_ > page: > > [SetHeader cart=[cart]&db=my.db]Header9=[_formvar][/SetHeader] > > where _formvar is any form variable passed from the previous page. > > HTH > > John Peacock ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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But John P. ... under certain conditions, forms inputs named after headers (and submitted via form) is enough to get them into the header slots (like shipVia, etc. in SM sample stores) SO there is another way... the way that newer users tend to rely on without even knowing how it works... But still convenient as heck ;-) Maybe you could give us a comprehensive overview of those conditions...?-John B.John Peacock wrote:> Steven Jarvis wrote: > > Okay, just to make sure I understand this, when the customer enters data in > > the form and submits it and the form field was styled: > > > > > > > > where [Header14] was empty, whatever data he submitted would be placed in > > [Header14] of his cart, yes? > > > > No, you don't have it at all. If you are in an orderfile context, > [Header14] will display what is currently in the current cart's Header14 > field. If you want to save something to a header field, you need to use > either: > [setheader] > or [setlineitem] > or [addlineitem] > > Wait, some of you are going to yell, how can you set a header field by > setting a line item? Look at the 4.x docs; when setting or adding a > new line item, if you include any header field in the context, it will > also be updated. Very useful, methinks... > > If you want to capture a user's choice from a list, or an input field, > and stuff it into the header, use something like this on the _next_ > page: > > [SetHeader cart=[cart]&db=my.db]Header9=[_formvar][/SetHeader] > > where _formvar is any form variable passed from the previous page. > > HTH > > John Peacock ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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