Thread: Kit products ... don't want [Price: $0.00] for options without a price delta

Hi:

We didn't have this issue in version 8.

Anyone successfully modified dropdownlistitems.ascx.cs? I have populatedropdown2, which works, except when trying to select an item less than 6 characters ... i.e. "red", "Blue" ... those fail, while "Purple", Magenta work.

See example below:

Code:

private void PopulateDropDown()
        {
            cboKitItems.Items.Clear();
            foreach (var kitItem in KitGroup.SelectableItems)
            {
                ListItem lItem = new ListItem();

                // truncate after 75 chars to maintain a proper width for the dropdown
                lItem.Text = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60);
                lItem.Value = kitItem.Id.ToString();
                lItem.Selected = kitItem.IsSelected;

                cboKitItems.Items.Add(lItem);
            }
        }

        private void PopulateDropDown2()
        {
            cboKitItems.Items.Clear();
 int strLen =0;            
foreach (var kitItem in KitGroup.SelectableItems)
            {
                ListItem lItem = new ListItem();
		//string KitItemText =
                // truncate after 75 chars to maintain a proper width for the dropdown
              //  lItem.Text = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60).Split('[')[0]; ;
 //lItem.Text = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60);

                // truncate after 75 chars to maintain a proper width for the dropdown
                strLen = (KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60)).Length ;
                if (KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60).Substring(strLen - 6).Equals("$0.00]"))
                {
                   	int index = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60).IndexOf("[");
			lItem.Text = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60).Substring(0, index) ;

			// lItem.Text = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60).Split('[')[0]; 
                }
                else
                {
                    lItem.Text = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60) ;
                }
                lItem.Value = kitItem.Id.ToString();
                lItem.Selected = kitItem.IsSelected;

                cboKitItems.Items.Add(lItem);
            }
        }

Anyone? Given that this was NOT an issue with version 8, wouldn't this be classified as a bug?

Wow, this place is dead.

In any case, the solution is:
Open the DropDownListItems.ascx.cs file in the "Controls\Kit" folder:

Replace the PopulateDropDown() function with: the following code (use at your own risk):

Code:

 private void PopulateDropDown()
 {
     cboKitItems.Items.Clear();
     foreach (var kitItem in KitGroup.SelectableItems)
     {
         ListItem lItem = new ListItem();


         lItem.Text = KitItemDisplayText(kitItem, 60).Replace(" [PRICE: $0.00]", String.Empty);
         lItem.Value = kitItem.Id.ToString();
         lItem.Selected = kitItem.IsSelected;

         cboKitItems.Items.Add(lItem);
     }
 }

Not too terrible once I ditched the previous developer's code. You probably could also use a Regex.Replace to do the same thing.

Hope this helps someone.

I still say this is a bug.