X-Cart forums - Getting products.tpl to see ExtraFields?

I'm trying to set up some conditional logic in products.tpl that reads the some Extra_Fields for each product. The loop works just fine in product.tpl, but not in products.tpl. Can you spot my error? Or is it about placement and scope?

As usual, when I get this working, I'll post the mod. Thanks. -Michael

Code:

{* begin Michael  Modification to include Drop Ship products in X-Cart October 26 2007 *}

start_if

{if $active_modules.Extra_Fields ne ""}

        {include file="modules/Extra_Fields/product.tpl"}

        {section name=field loop=$extra_fields}

        {if $extra_fields[field].field eq 'DropShipMessage'}

                {if $extra_fields[field].field_value ne ''}   {assign var=drop_ship_message value=`$extra_fields[field].field_value`} {/if}

        {/if}

        {if $extra_fields[field].field eq 'AllowDropShip'}

                {if $extra_fields[field].field_value eq "Y"} {assign var=allow_drop_ship value=`$extra_fields[field].field_value`}{/if}

        {/if}

        {/section}

{/if}

{* end Michael's Modification to include Drop Ship products in X-Cart October 26 2007 *}