I think I stumbled upon an anwer on my own. Substitutions are big in my 
industry.
   
  For items that sub, we change the "require inventory" flag to yes. That way 
when we're out of the old inventory, these items automatically create an 
error(alert) when one tries to add to the cart or order. Now I just need to 
change the error(alert) message to include the fact that the part may have been 
sub'd by the manufacturer.  Can someone point me toward a way to write the long 
description of the part into the error message? It would then alert the user to 
which part it changed to.
   
  Thanks in advance!
  Rick 

Richard Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  Hello all - 

Has anyone dealt with supercedures in any nifty way? For instance, Maytag's old 
belt1 is now replaced with the new and improved belt2. Is there any way to flag 
or at least alert a user to the change in either sales order or cart checkout?

Could a product "id" type of "Substitution" be used to produce an alert?

Thanks in advance.

Rick

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