Re: [ic] How to round up the handling fee and sales tax

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

Quoting Xiaowen Wu (xiaowen@safetopia.com):
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> We have setup the shiping and handing fee based on the sub-total of the
> order, and the minivend calculate the handlnig fee correctly.  
> 
> zzz     Handling    [subtotal noformat=1]   0       0       e f
> {'round' => "0.1",'ups' => "0",'ui_ship_type' => "_subtotal",}
> zzz     Handling    [subtotal noformat=1]   0       999999  f
> [subtotal noformat=1] * 35 / 1000     {}      {}
> 
> but we have a round of problem, such as:
> 
> 	subtotal	$250.00
> 	sales tax	 $20.63
> 	S&H		  $5.32
> 	=======================
> 	total	        $275.94     <==== (should be $275.95)
> 
> I think the problem is because minivend didn't round off the S&H fee, and
> the sales tax. So my quesiont is: are there any way to round of the
> calculate in the shipping.asc to avoid this problem .

The salestax should have been rounded depending on version -- the
shipping probably is not. This is a bug, and can be fixed by this patch
(also attached).

Index: Interpolate.pm
===================================================================
RCS file: /anon_cvs/repository/interchange/lib/Vend/Interpolate.pm,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -c -r1.46 Interpolate.pm
*** Interpolate.pm	2001/03/07 15:07:05	1.46
--- Interpolate.pm	2001/04/03 11:58:01
***************
*** 5368,5373 ****
--- 5368,5374 ----
  		for(@modes) {
  			$out += shipping($_, $opt);
  		}
+ 		$out = Vend::Util::round_to_frac_digits($out);
  		$out = currency($out, $opt->{noformat}, $opt->{convert});
  	}
  	return $out unless $opt->{hide};

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Index: Interpolate.pm
===================================================================
RCS file: /anon_cvs/repository/interchange/lib/Vend/Interpolate.pm,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -c -r1.46 Interpolate.pm
*** Interpolate.pm	2001/03/07 15:07:05	1.46
--- Interpolate.pm	2001/04/03 11:58:01
***************
*** 5368,5373 ****
--- 5368,5374 ----
  		for(@modes) {
  			$out += shipping($_, $opt);
  		}
+ 		$out = Vend::Util::round_to_frac_digits($out);
  		$out = currency($out, $opt->{noformat}, $opt->{convert});
  	}
  	return $out unless $opt->{hide};