ok, this is a tuff one..say i have a base price for a computer system..1000 dollars or something..i want to make a configurator..this is the base system, now, say i use a dropdown menu for all the products they can use, if they add a dvdrw on to this order it adds say 78 dollars to the order so now the total should be 1078 dollars..how do i make it add the 78 dollars to the base price of 1000...i will use an update button to do this..
ie update price button...i do have some minor programing skills is this what it will take? or is it simpler than that..any help is welcome thank you..

>-----Original Message-----
>ok, this is a tuff one..say i have a base price for a
>computer system..1000 dollars or something..i want to
>make a configurator..this is the base system, now, say i
>use a dropdown menu for all the products they can use,
>if they add a dvdrw on to this order it adds say 78
>dollars to the order so now the total should be 1078
>dollars..how do i make it add the 78 dollars to the base
>price of 1000...i will use an update button to do this..
>ie update price button...i do have some minor programing
>skills is this what it will take? or is it simpler than
>that..any help is welcome thank you..

Typically, you would design this as an HTML form that
links to an ASP or ASP.NET page. That page would read the
form fields, computer the new price, and redisplay the
page.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(E-Mail Removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*

If you want to show it immediately in the browser, then you will need to use
JavaScript, otherwise it can be done with ASP, PHP, etc. server-side. A
database will be helpful in either case.

--

==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
http://www.ycoln-resources.com
FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp

"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
ok, this is a tuff one..say i have a base price for a computer system..1000
dollars or something..i want to make a configurator..this is the base
system, now, say i use a dropdown menu for all the products they can use, if
they add a dvdrw on to this order it adds say 78 dollars to the order so now
the total should be 1078 dollars..how do i make it add the 78 dollars to the
base price of 1000...i will use an update button to do this..
ie update price button...i do have some minor programing skills is this what
it will take? or is it simpler than that..any help is welcome thank you..

If you're making this "configurator" so you can sell the computer there are plenty of shopping carts that allow fairly complex options on the items within them.
to asp based carts with good options capability.
www.candypress.com very nice
www.comersus.com so-so but has lots of capability.
unless you absolutely need something in comersus I'd recommend the first one much more.
HTH
"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
ok, this is a tuff one..say i have a base price for a computer system..1000 dollars or something..i want to make a configurator..this is the base system, now, say i use a dropdown menu for all the products they can use, if they add a dvdrw on to this order it adds say 78 dollars to the order so now the total should be 1078 dollars..how do i make it add the 78 dollars to the base price of 1000...i will use an update button to do this..
ie update price button...i do have some minor programing skills is this what it will take? or is it simpler than that..any help is welcome thank you..

You just asked this same question. Please use plain text, not rich text.
"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
ok, this is a tuff one..say i have a base price for a computer system..1000
dollars or something..i want to make a configurator..this is the base
system, now, say i use a dropdown menu for all the products they can use, if
they add a dvdrw on to this order it adds say 78 dollars to the order so now
the total should be 1078 dollars..how do i make it add the 78 dollars to the
base price of 1000...i will use an update button to do this..
ie update price button...i do have some minor programing skills is this what
it will take? or is it simpler than that..any help is welcome thank you..