Seeking help with: ->_create_new_customer_in_lsmb()

[Hugh Esco <..hidden..>]

Hello all:

I'm working to integrate an e-commerce site with LedgerSMB.

When the following ->method() is invoked, I see in the error logs:

Can't open config file 'ledgersmb.conf' (no such file or directory) at
/usr/local/ledgersmb/LedgerSMB/Sysconfig.pm line 79

although I very clearly have such a file at /usr/local/ledgersmb.

grep reveals no definition of read_config(), which is the function
throwing this error in code at:
/usr/local/ledgersmb/LedgerSMB/Sysconfig.pm,
reading:

my %config;
read_config( 'ledgersmb.conf' => %config ) or die;

so I added the chdir line below, (as my use lib apparently had not done
the trick) and now see in my logs:

   "my" variable $msgid masks earlier declaration in same scope at
   /usr/local/ledgersmb/LedgerSMB/Mailer.pm line 59.

   "my" variable $query masks earlier declaration in same scope at
   /usr/local/ledgersmb/LedgerSMB/User.pm line 869.,

   Can't locate object method "new" via package "LedgerSMB::Form" at
   /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/YMD/WWW/Account.pm line 375.,

although it apprently found that module and that module clearly
has a ->new() method.

If I can work this out, I'd like to distill what I know into
a HOWTO posted at:
        http://ledgersmb.frauerpower.com/index.php/Main_Page

perhaps even a CPAN module of glue code until we can fully
expose and document the LSMB API.

Any advice on how to proceed in resolving this issue would
be appreciated.

-- Hugh Esco

And now for my broken, work-in-progress subroutine:

sub _create_new_customer_in_lsmb {
  my $self = shift;

  my $path_lsmb = $self->{'cfg'}->param("paths.ledger_smb");
  print STDERR $path_lsmb,"\n";
  chdir "$path_lsmb";

  require LedgerSMB::Form;
  require LedgerSMB::Session::DB;

  $ENV{HTTP_HOST} = $self->{'cfg'}->param("lsmb.http_host");

  my $form = LedgerSMB::Form->new();
  LedgerSMB::Session::password_check($form,
               $self->{'cfg'}->param("lsmb.login"),
               $self->{'cfg'}->param("lsmb.password") );
  LedgerSMB::Session::DB->session_create( $form );

  my $sql = 'SELECT now();';
  my $date = $self->{'dbh'}->do($sql);
  print STDERR "The \$date is now $date \n";

  $form->{'name'} = $self->{'field'}->{'organization'};
  $form->{'address1'} = $self->{'field'}->{'addr1'};
  $form->{'address2'} = $self->{'field'}->{'addr2'};
  $form->{'city'} = $self->{'field'}->{'city'};
  $form->{'state'} = $self->{'field'}->{'state'};
  $form->{'zip'} = $self->{'field'}->{'zip'};
  $form->{'contact'} = $self->{'field'}->{'fname'} . ' ' . $self->{'field'}->{'lname'};
  $form->{'phone'} = $self->{'field'}->{'phone'};
  $form->{'email'} = $self->{'field'}->{'emails'};
  $form->{'startdate'} = $date;

  print STDERR Dumper(\$form);

  my $myconfig = LedgerSMB::User->fetch_config( $form->{login} );
  LedgerSMB::CT->save_customer( $myconfig, $form );

  return 1;
}