Re: using showpage and showcart commands
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 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 forconfirmation - pls tell me that webcatalog is not so severely limited.I've seen this on other sites so its not an unusual feature.
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>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 forconfirmation - 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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