PayPal button "out of date" ??

Hi all,

I've been using a paypal button on my site for a couople of years with no problems. Suddenly I get an email from a potential customer saying that as she clicked the "buy now" she got this message from paypal:

"You have requested an outdated version of PayPal. This error often results from the use of bookmarks."

Very strange...

So by button code looks like this (anyone know what needs to be "updated") ?

on (release) {
var paypal = new LoadVars();
paypal.cmd = '_xclick';
paypal.upload = '1';
paypal.business = '[email protected]';
paypal.currency_code = 'GBP';
paypal.amount = price;
paypal.no_shipping = '1';
paypal.shipping = '0';
paypal.tax = '0';
paypal.lc = 'GB';
paypal.item_name = [style+", "+type];
paypal.send('https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr', 'POST');
}

Best wishes
Monty

have you tried it yourself??

can you repeat the error?

have you gotten any 'facts' about the users experience or machine/specs?

Tried it - yes
Repeated the error - yes
Same on three browsers, Mac and PC - yes

Same thing seems to be true for this guy who is selling Flash buttons !
Try either button on his site to see the exact same error:
http://activeden.net/item/flash-paypal-button/33157

Any help on this would be very much appreciated !
Does anyone have AS2 for PayPal that still works for them ?

Best wishes
Monty

I just checked a PayPal button in a site I made a a bit ago..AS2..

works fine.

I didnt get any errors once I was brought to the PayPal checkout page..

Could you post your code please ?
Is it very different to mine ?

I have exactly the same problem. Client emailed me the button is not working any more.

I also use swfAddress with the site.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Everything was working fine 2 weeks ago. Now this error shows up. Frustrating indeed. Looking for answers everywhere, but coming up with nothing.

Actionscript Code:

var addToCartURL:String = 'https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr';
    var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(addToCartURL);
    var paypal:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
    paypal.cmd='_xclick';
    paypal.upload='1';
    paypal.business='[email protected]';
    paypal.currency_code='USD';
    paypal.amount='50';
    paypal.no_shipping = '0';
    paypal.shipping = '';
    paypal.tax = '';
    paypal.lc = 'US';
    paypal.item_name='"MyItemDEscriptionWasHere';
    paypal.item_number='RYFAWAEUZC645';
    paypal.weight='2';
    paypal.weight_unit='lbs';
    paypal.instanceName='paypalBtn_mc';
    request.data = paypal;
    request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
    navigateToURL(request, '_blank');

I used Paypal's updated html Buy Now button creator and the only difference I could find was changing this:

paypal.cmd='_xclick';

to this:

paypal.cmd='_s-xclick';

But all this does is take the user to a different error page.

Okay, found some good info here:

https://www.x.com/thread/42018;jsess...rt=90&tstart=0

Apparently GET still works. I changed my code to getURL(), but I don't consider this a good solution.

The 'new' _s-xclick is generated useing paypal forms and it includes a code for hosted button or something and no other info is passed (no email / no price / no item name). This might improve security but I'll have to ask the client to generate the html code for all products.

Also I don't think it's a flash problem.