addlineitems within formvariable loop

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1998

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 16007
interpreted = N
texte = How does Addlineitem know what to add to the shopping cart file?Here's what I have so far:The following code brings up a list of all the products in the databaseand allows a user to click on a checkbox to select which items to putinto the shopping cart.

 [searchdb=rainman.db&geNUMBERdata=0&NUMBERsort=1&NUMBERsortsdir=as&cart=[cart]&max=50] [foundItems]  Product: [Number]
[/foundItems] [/search] The output.tmpl page has the following: [FormVariables]  [name] [AddLineItem cart=[cart]&sku=[sku]&db=rainman.db] Number=[Number] [/addlineitem] [/FormVariables]I'd like this page to add the checked items to the shopping cart. Thank you, - Tom---------------------------------------------------------------------->Date: 11 Feb 1998 15:00:42 -0800>From: John Hill >Subject: Re: Adding multiple items to Cart at one time, & append context>problem>>Yes, you can use checkboxes. In general, the idea is to have the product>checkbox input fields have a distinct name (like add_product) and haveeach>of their values be their sku number. Then, when they're ready to add theitems>to their cart, link to a page with an embedded [formwariables] loop thatloops>through all the form variables named add_product and perform anembedded>[addlineitem] on the sku for each one. After that, you can use the[orderfile]>context to display the contents of the shopping cart on the same page.>>There's no reason WC should be adding bad characters to the end of thefield.>My guess is that the character is in the form data that's beingsubmitted.>>John.>>>In the TeaRoom example, instead of having Add to Cart links in the>>Action Collumn is it possible to use checkboxes so you could check>>several items to add to the cart at once?>>>>Also, when I use the append context to add records to a database>>it adds a bad character between the end of the record and the tab>>that separates the records. When I pasted the bad character into Key>>Caps on my mac it showed up as the Page Up character.>>>>Is there any way to prevent WebCatalog from adding this character to my>>database?>>>> Thanks for all you help,>>>> - Tom>>>>>> Tom Leitner>> MediaCity Web Design Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: addlineitems within formvariable loop (Grant Hulbert 1998) addlineitems within formvariable loop (Tom Leitner 1998)

How does Addlineitem know what to add to the shopping cart file?Here's what I have so far:The following code brings up a list of all the products in the databaseand allows a user to click on a checkbox to select which items to putinto the shopping cart.  [cart]> [searchdb=rainman.db&geNUMBERdata=0&NUMBERsort=1&NUMBERsortsdir=as&cart=[cart]&max=50] [founditems]  Product: [Number]
[/foundItems] [/search] The output.tmpl page has the following: [formvariables]  [name] [AddLineItem cart=[cart]&sku=[sku]&db=rainman.db] Number=[Number] [/addlineitem] [/FormVariables]I'd like this page to add the checked items to the shopping cart. Thank you, - Tom---------------------------------------------------------------------->Date: 11 Feb 1998 15:00:42 -0800>From: John Hill >Subject: Re: Adding multiple items to Cart at one time, & append context>problem>>Yes, you can use checkboxes. In general, the idea is to have the product>checkbox input fields have a distinct name (like add_product) and haveeach>of their values be their sku number. Then, when they're ready to add theitems>to their cart, link to a page with an embedded [formwariables] loop thatloops>through all the form variables named add_product and perform anembedded>[addlineitem] on the sku for each one. After that, you can use the[orderfile]>context to display the contents of the shopping cart on the same page.>>There's no reason WC should be adding bad characters to the end of thefield.>My guess is that the character is in the form data that's beingsubmitted.>>John.>>>In the TeaRoom example, instead of having Add to Cart links in the>>Action Collumn is it possible to use checkboxes so you could check>>several items to add to the cart at once?>>>>Also, when I use the append context to add records to a database>>it adds a bad character between the end of the record and the tab>>that separates the records. When I pasted the bad character into Key>>Caps on my mac it showed up as the Page Up character.>>>>Is there any way to prevent WebCatalog from adding this character to my>>database?>>>> Thanks for all you help,>>>> - Tom>>>>>> Tom Leitner>> MediaCity Web Design Tom Leitner

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