[ic] Re: shipping help...

Raymond interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Wed Jul 4 16:01:01 2001


is this right for if I want to calculate $1.00 times weight ? 

so if weight was 75 pounds, it would be $75 ? 

weight  S&H by Weight   weight  0       999999  f  {"weight" * 1.7} 


ray 

Jim Balcom writes: 

> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Raymond wrote: 
> 
> R>>usps    Standard Shipping       quantity        0       99999   f 3.5 + (1 * 
> R>>@@TOTAL@@)         {} 
> R>>
> R>>my question is, what are the brackets used {} for ?  
> 
> One application is to insert formulas for calculating shipping rates
> from a table. See the previous examples that were posted when we got
> into the nitty-gritty about adding Priority Mail. 
> 
> R>>and how can I include a new method that would calculate based of
> R>>shipping weight, say charge $1.00 for each pound, just as an example... 
> R>>
> R>>how would you do that, using the add method in shipping doesn't seem
> R>>to work, by hand it works.  
> 
> Review the discussion we had about Priority Mail. 
> 
> In adding Express Mail to my store, I simply used the Admin function
> and used add a method and set it all up that way without any problems. 
> 
> -= Jim =- 
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