Custom fields in confirmations email

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.5.0

How do I set extra custom fields to tabel address are also visible in the confirmation email.

Two questions:

1. Will custom fields added to the User section show up in an address_template? I need my client's two user-based custom fields to appear on the Order confirmation email.

2. Can you edit the TITLE of the 1st and 2nds threads so that it says Custom fields instead of Custom Fileds? I almost didn't find this question in my search.

Thanks,

Toolie

I discovered that I do have a field in the Address table containing the certificate number. But I'm still having trouble getting it to show up. The field name is "licensecertnum" and from the placeholders I'm seeing in the HTML email, it looks like I need the following to get the field caption and the field contents to display within the emails.

{TXT:ADDRESS_LICENSECERTNUM}: {VAR:ADDRESS_LICENSECERTNUM}

Am I missing something?

Toolie

Hi Nicolas, you'll notice that I followed the same capitalized placeholder model that I see in the HTML email code, but it didn't work, whether it was capitalized or not.

you need to edit the '"address_template" file

• Are you talking about the HTML version of the email (as we were above) or a different file? If it's a different file, can you give me the path and filename?
• I didn't capitalize the custom field, so it looks like you're telling me that I don't need the {VAR.user} prefix, but I can't be sure.

Just so you know, Jerome, you're speaking to someone who as a professional technical writer has written Developer-level documentation for Microsoft and Amazon. I'm used to figuring things out, so if I am confused, other people reading this will be also. I'm thinking of their needs, not just my own.

The salient point left out here is WHERE one edits the address_template. The correct answer is:

1. In Hikashop, click the Display menu, then Views.
2. Select template you use for your web from the middle dropdown "All templates". That filters the available views for your particular template.
3. Click on address_template to open the editor.
4. Insert the fieldname surrounded by curly braces at the location where you want the data to appear. Click Save and Close to save your work.

OK, that takes care of adding the field in the address_template (which subsequently appears on emails, invoices, etc), but it still doesn't help me with getting the custom fields into the invoice email. I still don't have a clear answer on how to include the custom fields.

$customer

$customer = $data->customer;

$customer_name = @$customer->name;

$vars = array(
	'LIVE_SITE' => HIKASHOP_LIVE,
	'URL' => $order_url,
	'order' => $data->cart,
	'ORDER_PRODUCT_CODE' => (bool)$config->get('show_product_code', false),
	'user' => $customer,
	'billing_address' => @$data->cart->billing_address,
	'shipping_address' => @$data->cart->shipping_address,
        'customer_licentype' = @$customer->licensetype,
	'customer_licennum' = @$customer->licensenum,	
	);