Need 'bullet list' of: Choice name: choice made

[William M]

ootb, Able lists choices as a run-on sentence. I've got products with up to 10 choices.

ootb: large, blue, button-down, long, etc....

I need - Choice Name: Choice made (like a bullet list):

Size: large
Color: blue
Collar style: button-down
Sleeve type: long

In the cart, on the checkout, emails, etc. Has anyone done this? I'd like to pass any help you can offer on to my developer to ease the workload.

Thanks.

[dbreyley]

I found the run-on sentence very annoying also.
Here is how I fixed the Basket
In /conlib/utility/BasketItemDetail.ascx.cs in the Page_Prender:
Change

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productName += string.Format(" ({0})", _BasketItem.ProductVariant.VariantName);

to

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prodOptions += GetVariantList(_BasketItem.OptionList);

GetVariantList Function:

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    private string GetVariantList(string OptionListIn)
    {
        string RetVal = "";

        string[] SingleOpt = OptionListIn.Split(',');
        for (int LpCnt = 0; LpCnt <= SingleOpt.GetUpperBound(0); LpCnt++)
        {
            if (SingleOpt[LpCnt] != "0")
            {
                if (RetVal != "")
                    RetVal += "<br />";

                OptionChoice CurOptCh = OptionChoiceDataSource.Load(Convert.ToInt32(SingleOpt[LpCnt]));
                Option CurrOpt = OptionDataSource.Load(CurOptCh.OptionId);
                string OptionName = CurrOpt.Name;
                //Strip unnecessary text from the Option Name (as necessary)
                OptionName = OptionName.Replace("Select ", "");
                OptionName = OptionName.Replace("Add a ", "");
                RetVal += OptionName + ": " + CurOptCh.Name;
            }
        }
        return RetVal;
    }

[William M]

Thanks, I'll pass it on.

[JimFriend]

Thanks for the great start, dbreyley.

I had to add a couple things so I figured I'd post them here as well in case other people were looking for a fix like this.

For the GetVariantList function in BasketItemDetail.ascx.cs, I changed this line:

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string RetVal = "";

to this:

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string RetVal = "<br />";

In BasketItemDetail.ascx.cs, right after this line:

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string productName = product.Name;

I added this line:

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string prodOptions = "";

I also needed to add the output for the prodOptions. To do this I changed this block of code:

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                if (this.LinkProducts)
                {
                    //OUTPUT NAME AS LINK
                    string url = UrlGenerator.GetBrowseUrl(product.ProductId, CatalogNodeType.Product, product.Name);
                    string link = string.Format("<a href=\"{0}\">{1}</a>", Page.ResolveUrl(url), productName);
                    phProductName.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(link));
                }
                else
                {
                    //OUTPUT NAME
                    phProductName.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(productName));
                }

to this:

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                if (this.LinkProducts)
                {
                    //OUTPUT NAME AS LINK
                    string url = UrlGenerator.GetBrowseUrl(product.ProductId, CatalogNodeType.Product, product.Name);
                    string link = string.Format("<a href=\"{0}\">{1}</a>", Page.ResolveUrl(url), productName);
                    phProductName.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(link));
                    phProductName.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(prodOptions));
                }
                else
                {
                    //OUTPUT NAME
                    phProductName.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(productName));
                    phProductName.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(prodOptions));
                }

I believe those were the only changes I made. Thanks again!

[William M]

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