[ic] Modular options questions

[Eduardo Dominguez]

modular options are supposed to be working, but not "out of the box",
eg. the code is there, but there is no working example and the
documentation points to non existent data or components.

I have asked this same question a couple of times with pretty much
no results.

Last time I asked I was told that if I wanted that feature to work
I had to pay for support or get a consultor from RH.

:(


On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 14:38, Scott Kennedy wrote:
> I've searched the list archive trying to determine if modular options
> work or not.  It isn't clear to me if this feature is usable.  Also,
> are matrix options usable?  What precisely is the difference between
> modular and matrix options?  I'm kind of confused regarding the
> differences.  It would be nice if the documentation showed actual
> examples of what it looks like to setup modular/matrix options in the
> options database and how to implement this in a store (code and all
> that).  The docs for IC are pretty good for the most part in my
> opinion, however, it seems like in some cases they should more fully
> elaborate on things such as this where confusion can happen.
> 
> Basically, what I'm trying to do is to create a set of product
> attributes that can be applied to multiple products.  Setting of some
> of these options would cause the product price to increase.  I was
> doing what I wanted using Interchange 4.6 but when I recently upgraded
> to 4.8 everything got messed up.  I wasn't using the options database
> to accomplish this.  Instead, I was the products database, pricing
> database, and UseModifier setting in catalog.cfg to make the price
> adjustments.  In the flypage and on the basket page I am using the item
> accessories tag to display/set product attributes as follows,
> 
>      [item-accessories installation]
> 
> Here is a sample entry of what I have in the price field in the
> products database,
> 
>       292.00, ==installation:pricing, ==color_frames:pricing,
> ==low_e_glass_with_argon:pricing, ==grids:pricing,
> ==foam_filled_frames:pricing, ==double_strength_glass:pricing
> 
> The URL for the store is,
> 
>      http://neatway.com/cgi-bin/neatway/index.html
> 
> Here is the line for UseModifier in catalog.cfg,
> 
>      UseModifier installation, woodgrain, color_frames, v_groove_glass,
> low_e_glass_with_argon, grids, foam_filled_frames,
> double_strength_glass, double_hung
> 
> When I attempt to set one of these product attributes, the price isn't
> affected at all.  For a while there this wasn't a problem.  The first
> problem I had was that the Perl code I wrote in the order receipt files
> failed to show what attributes were selected.  I don't know what I did
> to cause this to not function at all.  Anyway, I was unable to correct
> either one of these problems so I decided to use the options database
> instead.  Right now I am testing this out with a sample storefront that
> I've setup.  I've accomplished what I've wanted with simple options,
> however, I'd like to use modular options for this task as I feel that
> method would be a more appropriate choice.  Any help or pointers
> someone could give me would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Scott
> 
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