no out of stock message

[DarrenSpink]

Hi, just following this kb http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=45553

And I have set it up ok, but if I do some test purchases even though the stock levels come off the hidden products, when they stock levels are zero, the product doesn't say 'Out of Stock' it just hides the size options, is there a way of showing this message?

TIA

[leehack]

I think you have to switch this on in V9 on the component options, there is a tickbox to select IIRC.

[DarrenSpink]

You mean the component details? Can't seem to find it

I can do this http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=45384

..so either hide the size thats out of stock or have an 'out of stock' next to the size option....
Ideslly I want to hide them and when completely out of stock on all sizes have the normal 'out of stock' notice for the product itself.

[DarrenSpink]

Still struggling with this, can Tracy or someone at Actinic tell me if its possible...

So what I need is the default 'Out of Stock' message to appear when the hidden related product goes out of stock.

[AndyBorrett]

I couldn't find a way of doing it in Actinic (although I am sure it is possible) so I knocked up a query in Access that checks for me. Once a product has all its choices out of stock I hide or delete it manually in Actinic

[TraceyHand]

Still struggling with this, can Tracy or someone at Actinic tell me if its possible...

So what I need is the default 'Out of Stock' message to appear when the hidden related product goes out of stock.

Like THIS?

[DarrenSpink]

hi, no like this:

http://www.design-dev2.co.uk/acatalo..._Sky_Blue.html

Sizes shown or not, and also a disabling of the add to cart button

[TraceyHand]

right, so you want the MASTER product to show as 'out of stock' when ALL the associated products are out of stock?

Someone asked that exact question recently and got a "no" from TraceyG, I believe

[TraceyHand]

details of (well TraceyG's response to) previous post HERE

[DarrenSpink]

Thanks for the responses.

[TraceyG]

the product doesn't say 'Out of Stock' it just hides the size options, is there a way of showing this message?

It looks like something has changed in v9. To stop the choice from disappearing if it goes out of stock, go into your 'Drop-down Permutation Entry' layout or 'Radio Button Permutation Entry' layout (depending on which you are using) and double-click on the 2nd 'block if' statement to edit it. You should see:

IsPermutationHidden == FALSE
OR
(IsPermutationHidden == TRUE AND IsAssociatedProductInStock == TRUE)

Remove:

 AND IsAssociatedProductInStock == TRUE

Click OK and your options should remain visible and with the kb article instructions you should also see the 'out of stock' message.