[ic] dynamic profiles.order

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On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 12:13:54AM -0800, Patrick J. Walsh wrote:
>     I have an interesting problem and have exhausted the archives and the
> docs that I can find.  Hopefully someone here will have a suggestion or
> pointer.
> 
>     Certain software products in our store require that the customer agree
> to a license agreement before purchasing.  Each product that has a license
> generates a checkbox like so:
> 
> <input type="checkbox" value="checked" name="license_[item-code]">
> 
> with a label like so:
> 
> [error name="license_[item-code]" std_label="I have read and agreed..."
> show_label=1 required=1]
> 
>     However, the "required=1" parameter is apparently not enough to force
> the user to check the box before checking out.  This suggests that I need to
> have associated entries in etc/profiles.order.  My problem is this: how do I
> make a dynamic profiles.order that adds the appropriate "required" lines
> depending on which products are being purchased?  Or is there a way to
> require a field without putting an entry into profiles.order?

Something along these lines:

[set order_profile]
[perl]
   $license=&license_number;
   push @OUT,qq`$license=required That item requires a license.` if(&license_required);
   return join "\n",@OUT;
[/perl]
[/set]

where license_number maps item_code to appropriate license and license_required
tests whether or not you need it.  If you do this in basket, you need to iterate
for(@{$Vend::Items}) and will probably want to stuff the license into an
attribute for convenience; on product flypage, you have the [item tags].
It sounds like you want that profile on product flypage.

> 
>     Any pointers appreciated.
> 
> Patrick Walsh
> 
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