Promo Code Vs Free shipping

[mongesc]

We have a dilemna here. We turned on the FREE shipping over $50.00 using the App Config. But people can also enter the Promo Code too. The dilemna now is, if someone enters Promo Code, they get discount, BUT Shipping is no longer FREE. If someone buys over $50.00 AND have Promo Code. How does the system know to turn off the over $50.00 option not to apply? Is there any way around this?

thanks

[Rob]

Have no clue what you're asking (yet). Can you be more specific?

Trying to guess:

a) If >$50 && no coupon => free shipping
b) If coupon (of any kind) => no free shipping?

or is there more?

[mongesc]

Thanks for the reply...sorry for not being clear.

If order>$50 and no coupon code , offer free shipping automatically
And
If order> $50 after entering coupon code, no free shipping

[George the Great]

The system recognizes the value of the FreeShippingThreshold appconfig parameter as a global certainty; as long as the cart subtotal is $50 or greater the user will be offered the option of free shipping.

What you could do though is go into the code where FreeShippingThreshold is being utilized and check for the existence of the coupon code. If a coupon code is being used (or if certain coupon codes are being used depending on how you are setting up your coupons) then don't execute the FreeShippingThreshold code that says "give the customer free shipping". Not hard to implement...will just take a few code modifications

[mongesc]

Should i use XML package for this? What is the easiest way of doing this? Can you help me with this?

thanks!

[George the Great]

No...will have to be done in the code. Do you have source? Is it C# or VB?