Re: using showpage and showcart commands

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1996


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10163
interpreted = N
texte = >At 01:12 PM 12/23/96, you wrote: >>>>Can someone help me with when I should be >>>>using showcart, showpage, and purchase? >>> >>>Showcart allows you to set the same information as Purchase would, but >>>without actually performing the final purchase. You can have as many >>>pages as you want that ask for customer information such as address1, >>>taxRate, header1, etc. Every time you use showcart, WebCatalog looks >>>for these variables in the form and sets the shopping cart values >>>appropriately. >> >> >>Grant, for some reason when I use purchase I get all the header1 email, >>name etc fields returned to the user. When I use showcart I don't. Any >>thoughts? >> >> >> >> >Those fields are only available after the info has been moved to an order >file. >In other words after you purchase and complete the order. If I am not >mistaken.So is there no capability to serve those fields back to the client for confirmation - pls tell me that webcatalog is not so severely limited. I've seen this on other sites so its not an unusual feature. Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: using showpage and showcart commands (Rob Schmidt 1996)
  2. Re: using showpage and showcart commands (apc Information 1996)
  3. Re: using showpage and showcart commands (Grant Hulbert 1996)
  4. Re: using showpage and showcart commands (Rob Schmidt 1996)
  5. Re: using showpage and showcart commands (apc Information 1996)
  6. Re: using showpage and showcart commands (Rob Schmidt 1996)
  7. Re: using showpage and showcart commands (Grant Hulbert 1996)
  8. using showpage and showcart commands (Rob Schmidt 1996)
>At 01:12 PM 12/23/96, you wrote: >>>>Can someone help me with when I should be >>>>using showcart, showpage, and purchase? >>> >>>Showcart allows you to set the same information as Purchase would, but >>>without actually performing the final purchase. You can have as many >>>pages as you want that ask for customer information such as address1, >>>taxRate, header1, etc. Every time you use showcart, WebCatalog looks >>>for these variables in the form and sets the shopping cart values >>>appropriately. >> >> >>Grant, for some reason when I use purchase I get all the header1 email, >>name etc fields returned to the user. When I use showcart I don't. Any >>thoughts? >> >> >> >> >Those fields are only available after the info has been moved to an order >file. >In other words after you purchase and complete the order. If I am not >mistaken.So is there no capability to serve those fields back to the client for confirmation - pls tell me that webcatalog is not so severely limited. I've seen this on other sites so its not an unusual feature. Rob Schmidt

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