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eagleag - 10/21/2010 8:37:08 AM

Ecommerce - product -> select manufacturer

Hi,
When creating a product throw cmsdesk tree, is there anyway to let users select a manufacturer (just like they cant select a Department) on first step of creating product.

example:
1. I right click anode in site tree and choose to create a new myCustomProduct
2. I check the check box -> Create a new product
3. I only have 4 fields to enter: Price, Product image, Description and Department.

I would like to add Manufacturer to this step?
How can I do this?

Thanks :)

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kentico_michal - 10/26/2010 4:30:23 AM

RE:Ecommerce - product -> select manufacturer

Hi,
Yes, it is possible to customize new product interface. First, you need to modify ~\CMSModules\Ecommerce\Content\Product\NewProduct.ascx file and add code following code at the end of table:

<tr>
<td class="FieldLabel" style="padding-left: 35px;">
<asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblSKUManufacturerID" EnableViewState="false" Text="Manufacturer:" />
</td>
<td>
<cms:ManufacturerSelector runat="server" ID="manufacturerElem" AddAllItemsRecord="false"
AddNoneRecord="true" IsLiveSite="false" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Please do not forget to register ManufacturerSelector control with following code:

<%@ Register Src="~/CMSModules/Ecommerce/FormControls/ManufacturerSelector.ascx"
TagName="ManufacturerSelector" TagPrefix="cms" %>

Last thing you need to do, is to add line marked as bold into SaveData method in ~\CMSModules\Ecommerce\Content\Product\NewProduct.ascx.cs

skuObj.SKUManufacturerID = manufacturerElem.ManufacturerID;
// Create new SKU
SKUInfoProvider.SetSKUInfo(skuObj);

Best regards,
Michal Legen

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