Re: Price Not Appearing
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texte = Glenn I don't know what is causing what you describe (without wading into your code for awhile), but in case you never got this one point, know that [orderfile] contexts are what makes it so that orderfile variables are available on any page. So why are they available on some of your pages even though you don't see any [orderfile]...[/orderfile]'s? Because an orderfile context is _implied_ on a page that is reached via some of the commands, like: purchase, showpage, add, remove, ...um what else experts? This is one of those automagical features of webcat that most newbies don't get until at least one major head banging session. (winks at Parker) I don't know if it is from a weakness in the docs or what... I didn't look back ;-)-JohnGlenn Busbin wrote:> on 03/01/00 6:28 PM, Kenneth Grome at ken@simplewebstores.com wrote: > > > What do you not understand? > > > > If you don't know what an orderfile context is, that means you're missing some > > very critical information that you really need to understand in order to be > > able to successfully develop a store with the webdna language. The html docs > > and the webcatalogmanual.pdf file explain terms like orderfile context ... > > Yep. They sure do, but neither the TeaRoom examples nor my files use the > [orderfile] context as denoted on page 153 of the pdf manual. > > In any event, the TeaRoom example works, but when I modified the html and > supplied my own database, the price value stopped appearing on SOME pages, > but not on all. That's what I don't understand. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. > To end your Mail problems go to
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Glenn I don't know what is causing what you describe (without wading into your code for awhile), but in case you never got this one point, know that [orderfile] contexts are what makes it so that orderfile variables are available on any page. So why are they available on some of your pages even though you don't see any [orderfile]...[/orderfile]'s? Because an orderfile context is _implied_ on a page that is reached via some of the commands, like: purchase, showpage, add, remove, ...um what else experts? This is one of those automagical features of webcat that most newbies don't get until at least one major head banging session. (winks at Parker) I don't know if it is from a weakness in the docs or what... I didn't look back ;-)-JohnGlenn Busbin wrote:> on 03/01/00 6:28 PM, Kenneth Grome at ken@simplewebstores.com wrote: > > > What do you not understand? > > > > If you don't know what an orderfile context is, that means you're missing some > > very critical information that you really need to understand in order to be > > able to successfully develop a store with the webdna language. The html docs > > and the webcatalogmanual.pdf file explain terms like orderfile context ... > > Yep. They sure do, but neither the TeaRoom examples nor my files use the > [orderfile] context as denoted on page 153 of the pdf manual. > > In any event, the TeaRoom example works, but when I modified the html and > supplied my own database, the price value stopped appearing on SOME pages, > but not on all. That's what I don't understand. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. > To end your Mail problems go to . > > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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
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