Configurator Dynamic Price Display

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Thank you, Mark. I will explore that direction.

Ross

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Mark Wonsil <mark_wonsil@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Ross,
>
> > Is there a way to display a dynamic price total on a configurator screen while the options are being selected?
> >
> > When I test the inputs it is displaying the resulting price in a messagebox. I was thinking this is available in a configurator variable that I can just present in a text box, etc.
> > Or, is this something I need to code from the PCx tables?
>
> I believe that once the current configuration has all of the PC
> Values, it calls the Configuration business object method called
> ApplyOrderPricing, or ApplyQuotePricing or something similar in V8.
> I'm not sure what the behavior is if all of the input values are not
> given. If you can get handles to the datasets required then you could
> call this method on the configuration object and it will return a
> total and base price. That is, of course, you're using the pricing
> mechanism in the configurator. If you can calculate the price on your
> own, assign it to an input, and then assign it to the price in the
> end, then you have total control and just call your pricing routine on
> every On Leave and update the current price.
>
> Mark W.
>
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Is there a way to display a dynamic price total on a configurator screen while the options are being selected?

When I test the inputs it is displaying the resulting price in a messagebox. I was thinking this is available in a configurator variable that I can just present in a text box, etc. Or, is this something I need to code from the PCx tables?

Thanks,
Ross
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Hi Ross,

> Is there a way to display a dynamic price total on a configurator screen while the options are being selected?
>
> When I test the inputs it is displaying the resulting price in a messagebox. I was thinking this is available in a configurator variable that I can just present in a text box, etc.
> Or, is this something I need to code from the PCx tables?

I believe that once the current configuration has all of the PC
Values, it calls the Configuration business object method called
ApplyOrderPricing, or ApplyQuotePricing or something similar in V8.
I'm not sure what the behavior is if all of the input values are not
given. If you can get handles to the datasets required then you could
call this method on the configuration object and it will return a
total and base price. That is, of course, you're using the pricing
mechanism in the configurator. If you can calculate the price on your
own, assign it to an input, and then assign it to the price in the
end, then you have total control and just call your pricing routine on
every On Leave and update the current price.

Mark W.