Re: [mv] Charging for recurring, periodic services

[mike@minivend.com]

Quoting Randy Moore (ramoore@axion-it.net):
> ******    message to minivend-users from Randy Moore <ramoore@axion-it.net>     ******
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm trying to setup Minivend to charge for recurring monthly services.
> 
> I've come up with two basic approaches and I'd be interested in comments 
> from the list on potential problems or better approaches.
> 
> For both approaches, I'll use Minivend to take orders and allow customers 
> to add/delete/change recurring orders and their personal contact & billing 
> info.  The items ordered on a recurring basis will be stored in a special 
> Minivend database.
> 
> The approach I'd like to use is to create a special minivend page that:
> 	Reads the recurring orders database
> 	Loops through the orders
> 		filling in a cart for each order
> 		filling in the customer info, name, addr, cc#, etc.
> 		Process each order   <-- This is the part I'm not sure about
> 	Go to next order
> 
> But, I'm not sure if I can "submit" the order for processing from an 
> embedded Perl script.  I'm pretty sure I can setup all the other needed 
> variables.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to submit an order for processing without clicking 
> on a form???

# minivend.cfg
UserTag submit-order Routine <<EOR
sub {
	$::Values->{mv_todo} = 'submit';
	::do_process();
}
EOR

In Minivend 4, not needing to be global (unless products are based on SQL):

	$Tag->update('values');
	$Tag->update('process');

	or

	[update values]
	[update process]

At least after I add the 'process' action in the next iteration. 8-)

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