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cgruber · Guest

Does anyone have a "fleshed out" example of Pipeline Component in C#
The example in MSDN doesn't really show much. I am interested in th
parameters coming in and the return values. They are mostly jus
objects. What should they be really? What should they be cast to
What type of object should I really return

I am specifically designing a new pipeline to do custom shipping usin
UPS's Rate Checking online service. A completed pipeline componen
would help me out tremendoesly to use as a better template than wha
Microsoft provides on their MSDN site

As of now I am modifying the sample MinMaxShipCSharp.cs file foun
at

C:\program files\Microsoft Commerce Server 2002\SDK\Samples\Orde
Processing\MinMaxShip\CSharp\MinMaxShipCSharp.c

It appears that many of the fields I will need to send to UPS are i
the dictionary, but it looks like Weight may not be. Any ideas o
how to get this in there easily

Thanks
Chri

Ravi Shankar · Guest

Hi Chris,

The pipeline Components reference the COM+ Interfaces and not the .Net
objects. So refer to the COM/Interop section of the programmers guide and
reference the objects accordingly.

The "weight" property comes from the catalog where is a product level
property and should be defined as a "numeric" or "decimal" type. This is
loaded by the product properties component in the pipeline and is accessible
as lineitem._product_weight or something like that.

--
Ravi Shankar

"cgruber" wrote:

Vinod Kumar[MSFT] · Guest

You'll need to extend you catalog schema to include the weight field. This filed will contain the weight for each product. QCI component populates all the product properties from the catalog system into the items
dictioanry. This you can access easily in your pipeline component.

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Does anyone have a "fleshed out" example of Pipeline Component in C#.
The example in MSDN doesn't really show much. I am interested in the
parameters coming in and the return values. They are mostly just
objects. What should they be really? What should they be cast to?
What type of object should I really return?

I am specifically designing a new pipeline to do custom shipping using
UPS's Rate Checking online service. A completed pipeline component
would help me out tremendoesly to use as a better template than what
Microsoft provides on their MSDN site.

As of now I am modifying the sample MinMaxShipCSharp.cs file found
at:

C:\program files\Microsoft Commerce Server 2002\SDK\Samples\Order
Processing\MinMaxShip\CSharp\MinMaxShipCSharp.cs

It appears that many of the fields I will need to send to UPS are in
the dictionary, but it looks like Weight may not be. Any ideas on
how to get this in there easily?

Thanks!
Chris

cgruber · Guest

Thanks for your help guys. Unfortunatly I can't even get that far

I'm using the MinMaxCSharp component in the SDK and modifying it t
add up shipping weight instead of cost

However this line is giving me troubl

// retrieve the shipments that must be processe
ShipmentsToProcess
(ISimpleList)Context[ShipmentsToProcessKey]

I got it to throw this exception to the log

Ravi Shankar · Guest

Hi cgruber,

1. the key is "ShipmentToProcess" and not "ShipmentToProcessKey".
2. This is an INTEGER :) (and part of the context - Correct)
3. This is an index into the shipments list which is a list of lists :)
4. shipments is available on OrderForm.

Actually if you go through the CS Help File you'd be able to identify all
these keys & their heirarchy.
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Ravi Shankar

"cgruber" wrote:

cgruber · Guest

Thanks Ravi
I'm getting sidetracked with another project right now, I should b
back to this in less than 2 weeks. I'll let you know how it goes

Thanks again
Chri

cgruber · Guest

Looking back at this real quick, I believe I have had the correct ke
in here

private const String ShipmentsToProcessKey
"shipments_to_process"
..
ShipmentsToProcess = (ISimpleList
Context[ShipmentsToProcessKey]

If this still doesn't look right, let me know
Chri

Vinayak Tadas[MSFT] · Guest

One thing you can do
1. Open the property definition "weight" and check the Assign to all
Product Types checkbox. This way the property will get added to all
existing product definitions and newly created definitions. If the property
does not exist then create a property named "weight" of type decimal and
check the Assign to all Product Types checkbox

Thanks
Vinayak Tadas
Microsoft
http://blogs.msdn.com/vinayakt

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You'll need to extend you catalog schema to include the weight field. This
filed will contain the weight for each product. QCI component populates all
the product properties from the catalog system into the items dictioanry.
This you can access easily in your pipeline component.

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Does anyone have a "fleshed out" example of Pipeline Component in C#.
The example in MSDN doesn't really show much. I am interested in the
parameters coming in and the return values. They are mostly just
objects. What should they be really? What should they be cast to?
What type of object should I really return?

I am specifically designing a new pipeline to do custom shipping using
UPS's Rate Checking online service. A completed pipeline component
would help me out tremendoesly to use as a better template than what
Microsoft provides on their MSDN site.

As of now I am modifying the sample MinMaxShipCSharp.cs file found
at:

C:\program files\Microsoft Commerce Server 2002\SDK\Samples\Order
Processing\MinMaxShip\CSharp\MinMaxShipCSharp.cs

It appears that many of the fields I will need to send to UPS are in
the dictionary, but it looks like Weight may not be. Any ideas on
how to get this in there easily?

Thanks!
Chris

cgruber · Guest

OK. I got this worked out without creating a custom pipelin
component

I followed MS's steps for implementing the MinMaxShip

After I got it working with the site, I went in and changed it to wor
with what we were trying to do: Calculate shipping based on wha
UPS's XML services calculates it to be (based upon weight, origin
destination, shipping service, etc

I changed the MinMax.asp file to take in UPS Shipping Service cod
instead of the 'Floor' field and also changed the 'Percentage' fiel
to be what percentage of the shipping to charge as the handling fee

Everything is working great with it. If you are trying to d
something similar, email me and I will send you the code I have an
save you some time. cgruber50@aol.co

Thanks everyone for all your help with this

Colin Bowern · Guest

There is a similar component posted on the GotDotNet workspace. Feel free
to contribute the code there in terms of making it available.

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Workspaces/Workspace.aspx?id=77487df3-96dc-41de-9ca0-b7f284a8c113

Cheers,
Colin

cgruber · Guest

Thanks Colin

I uploaded what I had... careful, there isnt much error checking o
data integrity checks, but it will "Git R' Done

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