Manufacturer's image on product page.

[osdude]

A while back, I had added manufacturer's image to the product page and there was a rather lengthy thread about it. Well, I am trying to do the same thing again, but that thread is gone and I can't seem to figure out how to do it again.


From what I remember, there was a SQL query to find the manufacturer's image and then a call for that image, but for the life of me, I can't seem to figure this out again.

Anyone know how? I did it before, but my notes are gone

[Jao]

Nope, there's no need to run a SQL script or modify any code. On the XML package, you're using, for instance product.SimpleProduct.xml.config, locate the template Product, then add the following params:

<xsl:param name="ManufacturerID" select="/root/EntityHelpers/Manufacturer/Entity/EntityID"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="ManufacturerAltText" select="/root/EntityHelpers/Manufacturer/Entity/SEAltText"></xsl:param>

Then you put this line anywhere you want the manufacturer image to appear:

<xsl:value-of select="aspdnsf:LookupImage('manufacturer',$ManufacturerID,'','', 'icon', $ManufacturerAltText)" disable-output-escaping="yes" />

and that's it...

[osdude]

hmmm...

It does show a manufacturer's image, but not that of the item. It shows the first manufacturer's image by alphabetical order and not the manufacturer's image of the product on the page. This happens on every product page, even on stock product.xml packages.

ML 8.0.0.0

But there is an image, so it's something in the call I guess. I will keep trying on this and let you know if I find out anything

[Dbennett4995]

I tried inserting this code and received the following errors:

XmlPackage Exception: Exception=Last Trace Point=[]. Extension object 'urn:aspdnsf' does not contain a matching 'LookupImage' method that has 6 parameter(s).


System.ArgumentException: Last Trace Point=[]. Extension object 'urn:aspdnsf' does not contain a matching 'LookupImage' method that has 6 parameter(s).

at AspDotNetStorefrontCommon.XmlPackage2.TransformStr ing() at AspDotNetStorefrontCommon.AppLogic.RunXmlPackage(X mlPackage2 p, Parser UseParser, Customer ThisCustomer, Int32 SkinID, Boolean ReplaceTokens, Boolean WriteExceptionMessage)

[Jao]

Could you tell us what version are you using?

[Dbennett4995]

I am using v.7.1.0.0

[xplosiv1]

I'm having the same problem as osdude, but I'm trying to put the manufacturer's name on the page, not the image. Here is the code I'm using:

<xsl:value-of select="/root/EntityHelpers/Manufacturer/Entity/Name" disable-output-escaping="yes" />

[Jao]

Dbennett4995: The ML7100 doesn't have the AltText parameter added, unlike the latest ML8012. You could change that line above to:

<xsl:value-of select="aspdnsf:LookupImage('manufacturer',$ManufacturerID,'','', 'icon')" disable-output-escaping="yes" />

[Dbennett4995]

Luck with getting a logo to appear, however it is the same problem as these other two guys being that only the first logo alphabetically is being display for all products that have the same XML display package.

[George the Great]

That code is pulling from the EntityHelper xml, so it's only going to return the ManufacturerID of the first manufacturer it finds in that XML (if you set debug="true" in the xmlpackage it will dump the xml returned for the package to the page so that you can review). Which xmlpackage are you using and where in the package are you trying to place the manufacturer image so I can explain the best way to achieve this?