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    Multiple required fields on certain products

    I have a client who supply animal medicines via their website. They are currently using Catalog V7. DEFRA have now told sites like theirs that they are now required to gather extra information from the purchasers of certain products. Nothing like making life difficult for the purchaser of these goods! The following would be a typical product and the required fields that they would need:

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    Product Code:
    Product Description:
    Download Animal Medicine Datasheet (I would make this a downloadable PDF)

    1. Are you the registered keeper/owner of the animal(s) to be treated?
    YES/NO
    (If no, we need to have the name and address of the registered keeper)

    2. What is the species of the animal being treated? Please Select (Drop Down
    Box to show Sheep, Cattle, Horses, Goats, Cats, Dogs, Poultry)

    3. Flock Number:

    4. Herd Number:

    5. Dip Number:

    6. What is the weight (kg)/size of the animals to be treated?

    7. What Product was used last to treat this condition?

    8. Have any of the animals to be treated had an adverse reaction?

    9. Please acknowledge that you have read the appropriate Animal Medicine
    Datasheets.

    CONTINUE

    Once this information has been implemented and they press continue, this
    should then take them into the credit card page or further shopping.
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    Adding a link to a PDF datasheet is straightforward, but the only way I can think of making this work with only certain products required to have this is to have a link in the product description field which opens a 'pop-up' form to email page, which the user purchaser should fill in before the product could be despatched.

    Anybody had a similar situation and how have you managed to solve it?

    Any help gratefully received, as always!

    Nigel
    Seemore Graphics
    solutions for web and print
    http://www.seemoregraphics.co.uk

    #2
    Actinic has a capability for capturing a single line of customer entered text with a product. See the Help for the Other Info Prompt for details.

    I have an (donation-ware for V7) add-on that allows you to extend this to capture several fields, which can be either optional or mandatory. Details on www.drillpine.biz/actinicstuff - look for Multi Other Info.

    You may have a small problem in that Actinic only allows a limited amount of text for the prompts so you may have to use condensed ones and describe it more fully in the accompanying product description..
    Norman - www.drillpine.biz
    Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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      #3
      Many thanks Norman,

      As this requirement is only on some of their products which need to be required fields, is it possible to use your patch on just those products?

      Nigel
      Seemore Graphics
      solutions for web and print
      http://www.seemoregraphics.co.uk

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        #4
        Yes. It's a per product thing.
        Norman - www.drillpine.biz
        Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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          #5
          Its a very good patch

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            #6
            Thanks for the vote of confidence on the patch ... as it is one of Norman's I am sure it will do what I need.
            Seemore Graphics
            solutions for web and print
            http://www.seemoregraphics.co.uk

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