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Re: [mv] Setting multiple attributes
At 09:20 PM 10/5/1999 , you wrote:
>****** message to minivend-users from "Bill Thornton"
<bill@radiantideas.com> ******
>
>I am working on a minivend site for a client where the customer needs to be
>able to enter in dimensions for products they're trying to order. Depending
>upon the shape of the object, there can be as few as 1 and as many as 6
>dimensions that must be filled in.
>
>I have written the perl that generates an appropriate number of text input
>boxes, but now feel like I might have pulled my socks on over my boots
>because I can't seem to pass that information on to the Checkout/Receipt
>pages.
Your code looks good. I'm not too certain about how to use modifiers with
the products, but you might want to consider placing the dimensions into 1
field and seperating them by commas. Minivend is pretty slick with
exploding comma seperated lists.
>
>Here's my code for generating the text input boxes:
>
>[perl]
>@dim_names = ("A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H");
>$dims = [item-field dims_needed];
>$name = 0;
>while ($name < $dims) {
> $var .= "Dimension $dim_names[$name]:<input type=text
>name=[modifier-name dim$dim_names[$name]><br>";
> ++$name;
>}
>return $var;
>[/perl]
>
>Am I attempting the impossible, or do I just need stronger coffee?
>
>--Bill
>
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