X-Cart forums - Need Help Using Extra Fields in customized function

I would like to use the Extra Field feature as a global on-off flag to enable/disable a message based feature on the product's catalog page. I need some code guidance.

Just to be clear, the data entered in the Extra Field isn't shown to the customer. Instead, the field will be edited by Admin with a "Y" (yes) or "N" (no) character, which is used as a simple Boolean flag (to control a message/feature).

I started off by adding this code snippet to skin/common_files/customer/main/products_details.tpl:

Code:

{foreach from=$extra_fields item=v}

    {if $v.field eq "Message Notify Enabled" and $v.value eq "N"}

        {assign var="MsgNotifyValue" value= "N"}  {* Set flag to NO *}

    {/if}

{/foreach}

{if $MsgNotifyValue neq "N"}

    {* Feature enabled = YES, execute the function located here *}

{/if}

The $v.field correctly returns the expected "Message Notify Enabled" string. But the $v.value string that is returned is the Extra Field's default database value (stored in extra_fields table) which was defined on the Extra Fields admin page. Instead, I need the associated string value that was assigned to the Extra Field (stored in extra_field_values table) on the Product Management page. Any advice is appreciated.

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