Getting all manufacturers using KKEngIf.getAllManufacturers()

[Salbeiwurzel]

Hi,

I have a question regarding the method KKEngIf.getAllManufacturers() or ProductMgr.getAllManuArray().
These functions are returning only a subset of manufacturers in my case.
I'm testing it with 270 manufacturers and only the first 100 are returned.
In the konakartadmin, kk_panel_manufacturers is also showing only the first 100.

Is there a way to circumvent this limit? Or am I missing something?

Thank's in advance, Salbeiwurzeln

[julie]

Try using the following API call instead

    /**
     * Returns an array of Manufacturer objects that match the specified search criteria in the
     * ManufacturerSearch object. It allows you to search for:
     * <ul>
     * <li>Manufacturers with a specific name</li>
     * <li>A manufacturer by id</li>
     * <li>The manufacturer of a product from the product id</li>
     * <li>The manufacturers for all products within a category, from the category id</li>
     * </ul>
     * <p>
     * <code>dataDesc</code> controls the following functionality:
     * <ul>
     * <li>The maximum number of Manufacturer objects returned.</li>
     * <li>The offset which defaults to zero. This is useful when there are many Manufacturer
     * objects, in order to return them using multiple calls to this method.</li>
     * <li>Criteria on the custom attributes. If a custom attribute is set then only manufacturers
     * with a matching custom attribute value are returned.</li>
     * <li>The Manufacturers may be sorted by :
     * <ul>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_NAME_ASCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_NAME_DESCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM1_ASCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM1_DESCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM2_ASCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM2_DESCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM3_ASCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM3_DESCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM4_ASCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM4_DESCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM5_ASCENDING</li>
     * <li>com.konakart.app.DataDescConstants.ORDER_BY_CUSTOM5_DESCENDING</li>
     * </ul>
     * </li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param dataDesc
     *            The data descriptor object that defines the sort order, constraints on custom
     *            fields and offset and limit for paging.
     * @param search
     *            The Manufacturer search object that defines the search criteria
     * @param languageId
     *            The language id is used for language specific attributes of the manufacturer such
     *            as the URL.
     * @return Array of Manufacturer objects
     * @throws KKException
     */
    public ManufacturerIf[] getManufacturers(DataDescriptorIf dataDesc,
            ManufacturerSearchIf search, int languageId) throws KKException;

For the Admin App it's explained in the online help where to configure those parameters that limit the number of manufacturers returned.