There are 8 ways that shipping cost may be calculated. The method used
depends on the first character of the cost field in the shipping database.
- N.NN (digits)
-
If the first character is a digit, then a number is assumed and read
directly as the shipping cost.
- c
-
If the first character is a c, no cost is present but a mode-specific configuration option is applied.
This most often would be definition of an alternate UPS-style lookup zone.
- e
-
If the first character is an e, a cost of zero is returned and an error message is placed in the session
value
ship_message
([data session ship_message]).
- f
-
If the character f is the first, MiniVend will first interpret the text for any MiniVend tags
and then interpret the result as a formula (really as Perl code).
- g
-
If the first character is a g, no cost is present but a global configuration option is applied, such as
applicability of PriceDivide.
- i
-
Specifies a chained shipping lookup which will be applied to each item in
the shopping cart.
- m
-
Specifies a chained shipping lookup which will be applied to the entire
shopping cart.
- s
-
Specifies a named subroutine; this is largely deprecated in favor of
chained shipping modes.
- u
-
Calls the default UPS-style lookup.
- x
-
If an x is first, a number is expected and is applied as a fixed multiplier for the accumulated criterion
(@@TOTAL@@).
- A-Z
-
If the first character is a capital letter, calls one of the 26 secondary
UPS-style lookup zones.