Re: shippingTotal Challenge

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2001

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texte = Cristi�n Tapia wrote:> > Hi,> > I'm working on a commerce site which shipping cost calculation goes beyond> my basic DNA knowledge. I would appreciate if anybody can give me a hand> on this.> > The challenge is:> > 1.- Every product in the DB has two fields to be considered on the final> ShipCost calculation. The first one is weight and second is called> volumetric weight.When you add the item to the cart, also add the weight and vweight as textAand textB.> > 2.- Inside my invoice template I must add the weight of all the products> in the order. That gives me one value. Lets call it Total Weight. Then I> need to do the same for the volumetric weight. That gives me another value> Total Volumetric. Then I need to compare both of them and use the higher> one to continue with the calculation. Lets call it Master WeightAt the top of your invoice page, do a [lineitems] loop and add up the individual values of textA and textB, ala[math]total_weight=0[/math][math]total_vweight=0[/math][lineitems] [math]total_weight=[total_weight]+[textA][/math] [math]total_vweight=[total_vweight]+[textA][/math][/lineitems]> > - The next step is to use the Master Weight value to perform a series of> calculations based on shipping address, which finally should bring a> ShipCost to be added to the subtotal and get the long awaited> GrandTotalThen perform your logic to get the master weight and calculate the shippingcost and assign it using [setheader] to set the [shippingTotal] field. Now,you can display the cart with the correct information.John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Cristi�n Tapia wrote:> > Hi,> > I'm working on a commerce site which shipping cost calculation goes beyond> my basic DNA knowledge. I would appreciate if anybody can give me a hand> on this.> > The challenge is:> > 1.- Every product in the DB has two fields to be considered on the final> ShipCost calculation. The first one is weight and second is called> volumetric weight.When you add the item to the cart, also add the weight and vweight as textAand textB.> > 2.- Inside my invoice template I must add the weight of all the products> in the order. That gives me one value. Lets call it Total Weight. Then I> need to do the same for the volumetric weight. That gives me another value> Total Volumetric. Then I need to compare both of them and use the higher> one to continue with the calculation. Lets call it Master WeightAt the top of your invoice page, do a [lineitems] loop and add up the individual values of textA and textB, ala[math]total_weight=0[/math][math]total_vweight=0[/math][lineitems] [math]total_weight=[total_weight]+[textA][/math] [math]total_vweight=[total_vweight]+[textA][/math][/lineitems]> > - The next step is to use the Master Weight value to perform a series of> calculations based on shipping address, which finally should bring a> ShipCost to be added to the subtotal and get the long awaited> GrandTotalThen perform your logic to get the master weight and calculate the shippingcost and assign it using [setheader] to set the [shippingTotal] field. Now,you can display the cart with the correct information.John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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Re: shippingTotal Challenge

2001

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