EPiStore free text attribute

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The EPiStore cart item attributes (defined in XML) are great for fixed choices like clothes' sizes. But how can I store free text attributes like the contents of different text fields of a business card or the engraving of a ring?

#21628
Jul 03, 2008 7:41
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Also, will EPiStore understand that different variations (attributes set differently) of the same cart item are not the same? If not, adding a size M t-shirt and a size L t-shirt will result in "merging" the two to one row in the cart. Or is there another way to stop the cart from merging the items?

#21631
Jul 03, 2008 8:50
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I disassembled the Dll and found out that:

  1. It is possible to set any value of an attribute, but not put new keys in the collection. So I can put free text in an attribute as long as I register the key in the XML (value choices won't matter since the set method doesn't compare to them). 
  2. Differing attribute values will cause the items not to merge.
#21636
Edited, Jul 03, 2008 9:41
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If you are using standard admin site for delivering orders than you will get a "Cannot find name for attribute value" exception when you try to open them. because epistore expects the values to exists in the options list.

#44851
Oct 18, 2010 16:47
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If you are using standard admin site for delivering orders than you will get a "Cannot find name for attribute value" exception when you try to open them. because epistore expects the values to exists in the options list.

#44852
Oct 18, 2010 16:48
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Ah, too bad, I never did that. Actually the solution I was sketching back then never went into production.

#44856
Oct 18, 2010 18:48
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