Custom Product Field in Customer Confirmation Email

[harpkit]

Short version of question:
What is the correct code and syntax to place the contents of a custom product field in the the customer confirmation email?

Details:
I have a custom field to upload file path for pdf product documentation.
I want to include a link to that in the the customer confirmation email.
I have assigned the custom fields item to the customer confirmation email page.
I have "selected" the custom field I want in the order contents section.
But I can't figure out how to display the information in the email.

I can get a link to display just fine on the product page, just not in the confirmation emails. Here is the code that I've been using..

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( l.settings:product:code, 'docs', g.docs )" />
    <mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL g.docs">
    <a href="&mvt:product:customfield_values:customfields:docs">Documents</a>
    </mvt:if>

Thanks!

[ids]

This:

 <mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( l.settings:product:code, 'docs', g.docs )" />     <mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL g.docs">     <a href="&mvt:product:customfield_values:customfields:docs">Documents</a>     </mvt:if>

Should probably be this:

 <mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( l.settings:product:code, 'docs', g.docs )" />     <mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL g.docs">     <a href="&mvte:global:docs">Documents</a>     </mvt:if>

When you read the 'docs" custom product field, the value gets copied to the Miva global variable you defined called g.docs.

Scott

[harpkit]

Hmmm... that didn't work.

[ids]

OK, chances are then, your product code doesn't exist in that section.

1st, make sure the Customfields item is enabled for the email template. The READ_ isn't an API call so the component needs to be enabled.
2nd, are you using the product code from within the foreach loop that cycles through the order?

Scott

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

FYI:

I believe this:
<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( l.settings:product:code, 'docs', g.docs )" /> Should be: <mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( l.settings:item:code, 'docs', g.docs )" /> As that array uses item not product as the member.

[harpkit]

Thanks Scott and Bruce! Got it to work.

Here is the winning code:

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( l.settings:item:code, 'docs', g.docs )" />    
<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL g.docs">    
<a href="&mvte:global:docs">Documents</a>
</mvt:if>

[AHerb]

Even though it works, seems like you've lost something: ";"
&mvte:global:docs;