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Hello Mario,

first of all thanks for this great contribution. I am testing it right now. Connecting to the database was no problem after a telephone call to my ISP they changed the MYSQL access.

In the first place you created this software to be more user freindly as the admin in OSC store.

To keep your program more user friendly i have a wishlist which may be very conveniant for everybody.

1). Set Date Available standard on todays date
2). possibility to fix fields that are always the same (like Tax Class and Manufacturer)
3). when possible input of products from the main window with cut and paste possibility for just some basic info like in the mainscreen. After input upload/update all at once. After upload you can always change discription etc afterwards.
4) creating and managing catagories (someone already mentioned it and you were working on that i read)

Keep up the good work

> To keep your program more user friendly i have
> a wishlist which may be very conveniant for everybody.

Great, thanks!

> 1). Set Date Available standard on todays date

Ok, I'm taking note of this one.



> 2). possibility to fix fields that are always the
> same (like Tax Class and Manufacturer)

Ok, I'm taking note of this one. But I need to think about it. How should I preset the field values? Default value (as user defined option)? Most used-value (per session, maybe)? Latest used-value? I think Latest-used values is the more usable way (with persistence between sessions).


> 3). when possible input of products from
> the main window with cut and paste possibility
> for just some basic info like in the mainscreen.
> After input upload/update all at once. After
> upload you can always change discription etc
> afterwards.

Ok. Let's see if I understood you. You want to add data directly in the product list, those records would be loaded to the database (at least with partial data), so you can later just add description, images and other details. Is that ok? It's a very good idea, Aernout. However, this would need a lot of new code and lot of rewriting. I'm taking note of this, but I would add it at a later time, after the major bugs are fixed.

(If I didn't understand you about this request, please explain me again. Sometimes the language barrier seems huge to me).


> 4) creating and managing catagories
> (someone already mentioned it and
> you were working on that i read)

Yes, this is already in the bugtracker. Currently you can only rename categories. I will add deletion, addition, moving and copying.


If you have more ideas, please feel free to post them, Aernout.


Regards,

Mario A. Valdez-Ramirez.

Ok mario although there is a language barier you understood everything right.



I think latest used value would be perfect.



you understood it right. what i mean is when you start up de screen browse in the categories you kan see basic info like : availability- ID- Model-Name-manufacturer-quantity- and so on.
If you could put some data directly on the empty lines and when ready upload all at once you can edit description and images afterwards.
Just for making quick insert possible.

I understand that you are busy debugging youre contrib which has number one priority. The other options are just wishes.

Also there are many versions of OSCommerce and a lot of contribs.
I use the Creloaded version of OSCommerce and added some contribs my own. It works great for me. The biggest problem is quick editing and adding of products. The admin is to slow for it. Easypopulate is working OK but you have to be carefull what you are doing because you can totally corrupt you store and is not realy user friendly at all. what i like in Easypopulate is the cut and paste possibilities in Excel and upload everything in just one blow. It would be great if youre contrib has the same possibilities.

Aernout:

> I think latest used value would be perfect.

This has been added to 0.1.0.434. Only three values are preset (and preserved between sessions): manufacturer, tax class and availability date. Also, if no latest availability date is known, today date is used. This was bug #113 and #112.

> you understood it right. what i mean is when you
> start up de screen browse in the categories you kan
> see basic info like : availability- ID- Model-Name-manufacturer
> -quantity- and so on. If you could put some data directly on
> the empty lines and when ready upload all at once you can
> edit description and images afterwards. Just for making quick
> insert possible.

Already took note of this one. This is bug #115.


> Also there are many versions of OSCommerce and a lot
> of contribs. I use the Creloaded version of OSCommerce
> and added some contribs my own. It works great for me.

Aah. Ok. I've checked only the basic compatibility with CRE Loaded 6 and with XTCommerce. It seems the OSCPMWin application works with them. I would like to support more of them (all those extra fields and modules)... but later.


> The biggest problem is quick editing and adding of products.
> The admin is to slow for it. Easypopulate is working OK but you
> have to be carefull what you are doing because you can
> totally corrupt you store and is not realy user friendly at all.
> what i like in Easypopulate is the cut and paste possibilities
> in Excel and upload everything in just one blow. It would be
> great if youre contrib has the same possibilities.

I'm designing an importing interface to be used with external modules to synchronize with different data sources (other apps or databases). And of course, I'm working on importing directly from the clipboard. But I'm still thinking on this.


Regards,

Mario A. Valdez-Ramirez.