VAT-mod for European companies

Zencart (1.39h) noob here.
Problems I encounter installing Vat-mod for 1.39h beta beta,

I had interference with
* stock by attributes 1-4-13
* captcha antirobot registration 1-3

I also got a blank page on my admin side

I did a merge between
\admin\orders.php
modified by sba and vat-mod, i used winmerge to do that merge... great tool that winmerge thing..

I did the same thing with
\includes\modules\create_account.php modified by captcha
\admin\includes\functions\general.php modified by sba

Blank screen on admin
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...35911&page=112

I took out zen_draw_admin_box function
in
\admin\includes\functions\general.php

and that fixed the admin blank

Now captcha was working but did not appears.. so no signups
basically captcha modifies
\includes\templates\template_default\templates\tpl_modules_create_account.php

but this file is overriden by
\includes\templates\temperso1\templates\tpl_modules_create_account.php created by VAT-Mod

once you find this out, you can merge the 2 files in
\includes\templates\temperso1\templates\tpl_modules_create_account.php

... finally I could go for taxes configuration...
My company is registered in France so I used
GB 879456458 to check it... working great...

*** To follow up on all the file changes.... ***

I used a little trick in the MS-Dos prompt,
dir /s /b>filelist.txt
this create a text files with all files, folders and subs..
I did this for all the files of every addon i used... watch out for your new admin folder name and YOUR_TEMPLATE folder name...

Note: before installing the addon, make a back up for once, but also a small back up of only the files that are modified by that add on... that will save you time to reload the previous version...

Then I put all those strings in excel, make 2 pivot table, one on the file complete path+name string, one on the filename alone... for the overriding thing.

and look for files modified more than once...

I suggest this to be done as soon as adding modules to ZC...

NOW my question... is there a soft that can keep trace of all changes, modified files etc... instead of me doing a excel and pivot? something that could back up only modified files...

That would be so helpful.

Thanks for the great addon VAT-mod and the Beta version on the post for 1.39h!

If you are sure that the add-on is compatible with the last Zen-Cart version, blank pages are often (almost always) caused by a bad copy and paste of the code.
You have to find in which file you introduced this little bug.
Sorry for not being more helpful.

Hi all,

Has there been any update on getting this module working for 1.3.9h ?

It was working fine for 1.3.8 - but seems not to work any more.

An update would be most appreciated

Thanks

Works fine in 1.3.9h here Jamie...

Thanks eentje,

We have been using the Beta for 139 but applied a number of fixes, mainly down to the clients needs (heavily modified site).

When we get a chance we'll feed back.

Take Care

Is anyone using this mod on zen cart 1..5.0?

The 1.3.9 beta is still buggy... although it works... eventually...

1.5.0 is still lightyears away... (afaik)

Thanks eentje

I wonder what people are doing who need it in zen 1.5.0?

Hi All,

Are there any secrets to using the VAT mod in 1.39? I have it working PROVIDED the user has entered their VAT number. For some reason it seems to ignore the module if there is no VAT number against the client (v. annoying).

I have to say that this is essential for my shop, so if 1.5 is not supporting this, I am going to have to look for another cart. Any ideas or suggestions? Zencart has done an excellent job so far, but the VAT module keeps the tax men at bay, and with out it I have been caught out of pocket a few times.

Thank you

I'd very interested to know if anyone has looked to see how much work is involved in using VAT-mod in 1.5.0. Will it just be a case of diffing and cut n pasting, or is 1.5.0 too radically different?