Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

[Woodymon]

1. Regards to editing /modules/payment/googlecheckout.php

a. Made the edits as "hinted" by Doug for me to try out in this post:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...postcount=1006

Inserting code into both mc_ array lists:
mc_shipping_methods = array()
mc_shipping_methods_names = array()

b. After the edits above I observed in Modules > Payment > Google Checkout configuration under "Default Values for Real Time Shipping Rates":

Per Item International
Per Item National
0 Per Item National

And noted a new form field adjacent to "Per Item National" with the number 0 displayed. But I have no idea as to it's function ;-). But there was no corresponding form field for "Per Item International". Strange, huh?

c. I then submitted another order to Google Checkout and observed same error as previous.

<error-message>Duplicate shipping name FREE SHIPPING! found.</error-message>

2. So for "testing" purposes I altered edited code in googlecheckout.php to:

'itemnational' => array( 
	'domestic_types' => 
		array( 
		'itemnational' => 'Per Item National'
		), 

	'international_types' => 
		array(
		'itemnational' => 'Per Item National'
		), 
	), 
'iteminternational' => array( 
	'domestic_types' => 
		array( 
		'iteminternational' => 'Per Item International'
		), 

		'international_types' => 
		array( 
		'iteminternational' => 'Per Item International'                                      
		), 
	)

Note I added a domestic and international type for each array entry. Probably not correct but thinking maybe nothing in each array might be a problem and wanted to observe the effect of changing (won't hurt testing, afte all I'm playing in the sandbox).

And left in the following previously inserted code in mc_shipping_methods_names = array()

'itemnational' => 'Media Mail',
'iteminternational' => 'Air Mail',

And after making the above edits, I uninstalled the payment module and then reinstalled. I then observed under "Default Values for Real Time Shipping Rates" one form field for each of the following entry:

iteminternationaliteminternational_VD:0,
itemnationalitemnational_VD:0

Not sure what the _VD:0 indicates.

And each form field displayed the numeral zero by default. Again I do not understand what this value represents.

And quite certain this config is not correct.

And to test the theory I then added an item to my shopping cart and submitted order to Google Checkout. But same error as previous.

<error-message>Duplicate shipping name FREE SHIPPING! found.</error-message>

So still at a loss on how to edit googlecheckout.php to match my needs. And I think this exercise might be barking up the wrong tree? (see points 6 and 7 below).

3. I have only three shipping modules installed:
- freeshipper
- iteminternational
- itemnational

4. Previously I did not have to worry about the sort order for the three ship modules. All were set for sort order 0 and everything still worked. But just in case I applied sort order of 3 to freeshipper and 1 and 2 to the other two respectively. Not sure if this makes any diff?

5. As a follow-up to Doug's question. In googlecheckout.php I do not observe any 'extra' FREE SHIPPING array entries in the mc_shipping_methods array. I do see one 'freeshipper' and one 'freeoptions'. Same observation applies to mc_shipping_methods_names array.

Related question: What does mc_ represent in the two array names?

6. And following up on something else Doug mentioned, editing the mc_ array code in googlecheckout.php may not be required in my situation since I'm not connecting to any third party shipper and thus no need for "real time shipping rates"?

7. However further down in googlecheckout.php I observe some commented out function code that I'm thinking now applies to my situation.
function getShippingType()
function getShippingPrice()

I have to think about this more thoroughly. And still need to follow-up on a more recent shipping configuration suggestion from Isaac.

Appreciate all the contributed ideas thus far. Keep 'em coming

Thanks,
Woody