Re: How to make label text of selected size appear on receipt...?

[mikeh@minivend.com]

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Actually this is documented. [item-accessories size, display]

Quoting Gideon van Gelder (gideon@swingmaster.nl):
> Hi J,
> 
> Try
> 
> [data base="productdatabase" field="size" key="[value code]"]
> 
> to display the contents of the field in "productdatabase"
> (change it into your own filename) located in the database column "size" or
> whatever and at row [value code].
> This probably won't work with your current situation, but it's a hint.
> 
> (I do this to display the real country name instead of the country code:
> [data base="country" field="name" key="[value country]"]
> So for a country-code NL MV will display "Netherlands".
> 
> -Gideon
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J. Trubee <mvend@rockhard.net>
> To: <minivend-users@minivend.com>
> Sent: woensdag 21 april 1999 17:04
> Subject: How to make label text of selected size appear on receipt...?
> 
> 
> > ******    message to minivend-users from "J. Trubee" <mvend@rockhard.net>
> ******
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've run into an issue handling product size information that I haven't
> > been able to resolve; any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > My client's site has sportswear products; among the products are ball caps
> > in nine different sizes. The database entries for sizes are like this:
> >
> > 1=6 5/8,2=6 3/4,3=6 7/8,4=7,5=7 1/8,6=7 1/4,7=7 3/8,8=7 1/2,9=7 5/8
> >
> > The numbers 1 through 9 are the last digits of the product codes for each
> > cap; 6 5/8, 6 3/4, etc, are the sizes. Almost all works well with this
> > arrangement - size selection drop-down lists look fine and remember
> > settings, client gets single digit code number as the size on order report
> > (his preference)...
> >
> > The problem is on the receipt - the receipt shows the single digit code
> for
> > the size, and not the descriptive label of the actual size. As an example,
> > someone ordering a size 6 7/8 cap will see SIZE-->3 on their receipt - not
> > good! How can I get the size label to appear instead?
> >
> > I have tried many permutations of [item-modifier], [item-accessories],
> > [accessories], and [modifier-name] tags so far, trying to get the selected
> > size label to appear on the receipt as the "size". Admittedly my
> > understanding of these tags is quite limited, and after a full day of
> > working on this yesterday, I got nowhere... and don't even know if I'm on
> > the right track... so I am asking for help!
> >
> > Thanks in advance...
> >
> > John Trubee
> > mvend@rockhard.net
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