is this possible with Zen download attributes...

[White Rabbit]

Does Zen Cart allow, within the admin, a way to assign multiple download links to one product, that is then chosen by the customer from a dropdown or checkbox? For example: One product named "Music", then a customer gets to choose which song they want instead of the admin having to make up a product and it's description for each and every song, causing a lot of time and hassle for both the admin + customer, and also slowing the shop down from having to make so many different products when all you'd have to do is just have one with multpile choices in a dropdown or checkbox...
thanks

[Ajeh]

You could use checkboxes when a choice is up to the customer ...

However, there is no test that the customer picked at least 1 checkbox ... and that they did not pick 5 out of say 12 choices ...

The other option is to use Radio Buttons ...

Add a Option Value to the Option Name, such as: Track

And call it: Select Favorite (or something of that nature)
Sort Order 0
Default YES
Display Only YES

Now the customer has to pick something that is NOT the: Select Favorite as that is marked Display Only and cannot be added to the Cart ...

This ensures that the "right" selection by the customer is made ...

[barco57]

I believe you would set this up with a single product with multiple attributes. The single product would be...say album. Then you would set up the attributes as....say track1, track2, so on and so forth, with a download attached to each attribute. If you set the attributes with radio buttons then the customer would only be able to pick one to purchase. If you set them as check boxes then the customer could purchase one or many at one time (this option would require 'price by attribute set').

I hope I made this clear enough

I see that Linda has beat me to an answer.......again

[Ajeh]

Your answer, however, does note the alternative when there are multiple downloads for the same product vs a choice of 1 out of a multiple choice list of downloads ...

[barco57]

1 gold star for me

[White Rabbit]

You could use checkboxes when a choice is up to the customer ...

However, there is no test that the customer picked at least 1 checkbox ... and that they did not pick 5 out of say 12 choices ...

The other option is to use Radio Buttons ...

Add a Option Value to the Option Name, such as: Track

And call it: Select Favorite (or something of that nature)
Sort Order 0
Default YES
Display Only YES

Now the customer has to pick something that is NOT the: Select Favorite as that is marked Display Only and cannot be added to the Cart ...

This ensures that the "right" selection by the customer is made ...

Thank you both for your quick and very informative replies!
Okay just one more question (hopefully ):
With the check boxes, why is there no way to tell which ones they chose or not?
If the shop is going to let them choose, then let them download immediately after purchasing, then how would the cart know which links to give them if it doesn't know what was checked?
Are check boxes NOT recommended?
The radio button options sounds easier... If the customer wants more than one song though, they'd have to go back to the product, then choose and add each song they want, which is a little time consuming though.
Sorry if i'm confusing anyone, i'm just trying to sort out options and their pros and cons.
Thanks

[Ajeh]

Let me better explain ...

You CAN immediately "see" what was selected via the checkbox(es) ... this is not a problem ...

You CANNOT, however, immediately "count" or "verify" that they did, in fact, select at least 1 checkbox and/or verify that they did not, in fact, select 3 checkboxes when they should of checked only 1 ...

If the choice is:
Here are 12 possible choices and you get to pick 1 ... a Radio Button could be used to ensure that both 1 is the only choice, not 3 ... and that they made a "proper" choice with the Display Only on the Default Option Value for: Select Favorite or what ever you call that Option Value ...

[White Rabbit]

gotcha! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!