Posted in another thread, but this may be correct one...

I'm working with Zen Cart version 1.3.8a, have the stock by attributes add-on installed for that version and have a couple of stock-related issues.

1. I need for the stock level for a particular attribute to show in the shopping cart when a customer selects a quantity more than what's in stock. Despite having the correct configurations under Configuration > Stock, I don't get the quantity showing in the shopping cart. Rather there is this message:

Products marked with * are out of stock or there are not enough in stock to fill your order. Please reduce the quantity of products marked with * below. Thank you.

2. Relatedly, when a customer purchases a product with attribute, the stock for that attribute is not updated automatically. Rather the product stock itself is updated but I have to go under Catalog > Product with Attributes Stock to manually update the attribute quantity.

How do I get the attribute quantity to show in cart when customer selects more than what's in stock? Also, how do I get attribute stock level to update automatically? I've seen both of these questions posted over and over in this forum with no clear answers. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.