[ic] Hard Core customization

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Kevin Walsh)]

> 
> I am trying to have IC call a shell script during the invoice
> generation to create an activation key which will be a part of the
> email copy that goes out to the user.  I've read all of the
> documentation that is included, but I haven't been able to find a
> mention of this kind of customization.
> 
> Could someone give me a brief idea of what would be the most
> "correct" way to do this?  I'm very good with Perl and could probably
> go in and hack things up but I wouldn't want to do something that
> would just disappear next time I do an upgrade.
> 
You could create a UserTag that opens a pipe to your script, passes
whatever arguments the script requires and collects/returns the output
for your use.

If you call the UserTag from your etc/log_transaction file, you could
save the results into a scratch.  From there you could save the
scratch into the transaction table and then use it on your receipt
page and in your emails etc.

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