[ic] Using order groups for set price custom orders?

[Mike Heins]

Quoting cfm@maine.com (cfm@maine.com):
> Alternatively you get more <wince>joy</wince> using minivend to build a 
> javascript page dynamically according to what is available.  I'd bet
> that is more what your client sees.  :->
> 

Is there anything that gives you more <wince>joy</wince> or less
<wince>joy</wince> doing that type of thing with JavaScript? I would
be happy to use anything anyone has learned about generating JavaScript
from Perl.

There are a couple of javascript examples in Interchange, by the way,
where we set the tables/columns for lists. Below is one for the upcoming
Foundation computer store demo. I guess it was <wince>joy</wince>
writing that one.  (WARNING: the below will not be at all directly
useful to anyone. It is only an illustration of the type of thing that
can be done to build JavaScript do-hickies from the database. Also, the
[tree ...] tag doesn't exist until 4.7.x.)

<SCRIPT>
	[comment]
		Set the base info -- base price, item-code, etc.
	[/comment]
var base_price = [price code="[scratch arg]" noformat=1];
var base_quantity = 1;
var price = new Array; var desc = new Array; var ptr = new Array; var k = 0; var j = -1;
[tree
		prefix=tree
		full=1
		tolerate=1
		master=o_master
		log_error=1
		sub=sku
		sort=o_group
		start="[scratch arg]"
		table=options
	][tree-sub do_js]
		my $level = shift;
		my $row = shift;

		if( ! $level) {
			#$k = 0;
			#$j++;
			$differential = $row->{differential} || 0;
			return <<EOF;
k = 0; j++; desc[j] = new Array; price[j] = new Array; ptr[j] = '$row->{o_group}';
EOF
		}
		my $desc = $row->{description};
		my $price = $row->{price} + $differential;
		$desc =~ s/"/&quot;/g;
		
		if($price != 0) {
			$desc .= " (";
			$desc .= $Tag->currency($price);
			$desc .= ")";
		}
		else {
			# Make sure JS doesn't error out
			$price = 0;
		}
		return <<EOF;
price[j][k] = "$price"; desc[j][k] = "$desc"; k++;
EOF
		return $out;
[/tree-sub][tree-exec do_js][tree-param mv_level][/tree-exec][/tree]

function currency(amount) {
	amount = amount.toString().replace(/\$|\,/g,'');
	if (isNaN(amount)) {
		amount = '0';
	}
	cents  = Math.floor( (amount * 100 + 0.5 ) % 100); 
	amount = Math.floor(amount).toString();
	if(cents < 10) cents = "0" + cents; 
		for (var i = 0; i < Math.floor ((amount.length - (1+i)) / 3); i++) 
			amount = amount.substring(0,amount.length-(4*i+3))+','+amount.substring(amount.length-(4*i+3)); 
	return ('$' + amount + '.' + cents); 
}

function update_quantity (form) {
	found = 0;
	for(i = 0; i < form.length; i++) {
		if(form.elements[i].name == 'mv_order_quantity') {
			if( found == 0 ) {
				found++;
				base_quantity = form.elements[i].value;
			}
			else {
				form.elements[i].value = base_quantity;
			}
		}
	}
	return true;
}

function update_price (form) {
	var total = base_price;
	var debug = '';
	var name;
	for(i = 0; i < ptr.length; i++) {
		curr = eval('form.' + ptr[i] + '.selectedIndex');
[comment]
			debug = debug
					+ "group=" + ptr[i]
					+ " i=" + i
					+ " curr=" + curr
					+ " price=" + price[i][curr]
					+ "\n";
[/comment]
		total = eval(total + ' + ' + price[i][curr]);
	}
	total = eval(base_quantity + ' * ' + total );
	form.current_price.value = currency(total);
	return true;
}
</SCRIPT>

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