[ic] Modular options questions

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com]

Quoting Scott Kennedy (custom_web@yahoo.com):
> 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
> 

This is all unnecessary. Create those options with the option editor for
one product, using the "simple" options. Once that is done, a single CommonAdjust
with ==:options does the setting.

You can then then duplicate them with the "clone options" setting.

It should be simple. I will go through the procedure during the
new weekly IRC meeting if someone asks at that time....

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