[ic] CommonAdjust calculated price

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Daniel A. Shockley)]

Hello,

I need to add an additional calculated (not static as Options 
typically are) charge to an item in a cart. The problem is that the 
additional amount charged is based on the number of characters typed 
into a text field that is part of an Option.

I wrote perl code that can calculate the amount I need to add. It's 
just not clear to me where I need to add this. Do I need to create an 
Option for every possible character count: 1 through MY_LIMIT, or can 
I include this in a scratch variable that CommonAdjust can parse in 
the price chaining process?

I can see how to have CommonAdjust lookup a static price for an 
Option, but the price is based on the LENGTH of what was typed in, 
not on an option chosen from a Select popup. I can calculate the 
additional price using perl, of course, but how do I get CommonAdjust 
to see that price?

Thanks in advance,
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Daniel A. Shockley, Database Programmer
MacEasy Computing
DanielAShockley@yahoo.com
dan@maceasycomputing.com
http://www.maceasycomputing.com