Flash and Paypal?

All right- silentweed helped me with this and here is the answer to my above question:

aItem[i].instance.onPress = function() {
this.swapDepths(_root.getNextHighestDepth());
this.origX = this._x;
this.origY = this._y;
this.startDrag();
};


And replace the following

aItem[i].instance.onRelease = function() {
this.stopDrag();
if (checkDropLocation(this)) {
//it has been added to basket so increase quantity in basket
aItem[this.id].quantity++;

//update datagrid
updateDatagrid();

//also send it back to its original position and fade it in
this._alpha = 0;
reposition(this);
fadeIn(this);

//let user know it has been added to basket

} else {
//not in basket so send it back to its original position
reposition(this);
}
};

aItem[i].instance.onReleaseOutside = aItem[i].instance.onRelease;


with



aItem[i].instance.onRelease = function() {

//it has been added to basket so increase quantity in basket
aItem[this.id].quantity++;

//update datagrid
updateDatagrid();

};

This cart does not work that great.
When you send you to PayPal it does not give you and itemized break down of the purchase.

It's not letting me edit my post right now. It should say "Delete this" before that first bit of code.

you can only edit posts 10 minutes after posting.. after that,..it is OURS!!!!! ;)

Hello- I have a store setup with Paypal that someone else helped me figure out- it worked fine when all the "add to cart" buttons were in the same frame. Now I've gone and set up a movie clip with several frames, each one having a seperate image with "add to cart" buttons underneath. Since I've seperated these "add to cart" buttons onto different frames within a movie clip instead of having them all appear together, one of two things happens.

1) If I repeat the code in each of these frames, the cart resets (empties) every time the user goes to a new page (or frame).

2) If I don't repeat the code in each frame it only works in the first frame with the code.

Here's the code:

Code:

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var lvSend:LoadVars = new LoadVars();//do not change
lvSend.business = "art@michaelphipps.net"; //your paypal email address here
lvSend.currency_code = "USD"; //the currency you would like to use



//define items, their prices, quantity in basket and there associated movieclips
var aItem:Array = new Array();
        aItem["PGA Poster"] = {instance:mcPgaposter, price:12, quantity:0};
        aItem["PGA Print"] = {instance:mcPgaprint, price:35, quantity:0};
        aItem["PGA Shirt Med"] = {instance:mcPgamed, price:20, quantity:0};
        aItem["PGA Shirt Lg"] = {instance:mcPgalarge, price:20, quantity:0};
        aItem["PGA Shirt XL"] = {instance:mcPgaxlarge, price:20, quantity:0};
        aItem["PGA Shirt XXL"] = {instance:mcPgaxxlarge, price:20, quantity:0};
        //-----------------------DO NOT CHANGE UNLESS FAMILIAR WITH ACTIONSCRIPT--------------------//       
       
       
var totalPrice:Number;

for (var i in aItem) {
        var currentProduct:String = i;
        aItem[i].instance.id = currentProduct;
       
        aItem[i].instance.onRelease = function() {
                       
                                    //it has been added to basket so increase quantity in basket
                                    aItem[this.id].quantity++;
                                   
                                    //update datagrid
                                    updateDatagrid();
                                   
};
}


mcPaypal.onRelease = function():Void{
        //send variables to paypal

        //CONSTANTS
        lvSend.cmd = "_cart";
        lvSend.upload = "1";
       
        var j:Number = 1;
        for (var i in aItem) {
                if(aItem[i].quantity > 0){
                        lvSend["item_name_"+j] = aItem[i].instance.id;
                        lvSend["amount_"+j] = aItem[i].price;
                        lvSend["quantity_"+j] = aItem[i].quantity;
                        j++;
                        }
                       
        }
        lvSend.send("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr", "_self", "POST");
}


//--------------------------------------- functions ----------------------------------------------//


function updateDatagrid():Void{
        totalPrice = 0;
        var aBasket:Array = new Array();
        for (var i in aItem) {
        if(aItem[i].quantity > 0 ){
          aBasket.push({Product: aItem[i].instance.id, Quantity: aItem[i].quantity, Price: aItem[i].price * aItem[i].quantity });
          totalPrice += aItem[i].quantity * aItem[i].price;
        }
}

        basketInfo.dataProvider = aBasket;
        basketInfo.vScrollPolicy = "auto";
        tTotal.text = totalPrice;
}

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I have been working on this shopping cart for way too long now... anyone would know why it takes me to the login paypal page and not on an actual checkout page???
I have been trying different codes for tests, and all give me the same...
i did also tried KilgoreTrout code above..same result..

Any help will e most welcome!

I believe all the PayPal code here is for the Express Checkout.. which is intended to bring you to your PayPal log-in page..and check out with your saved credit card & shipping details from there..(or paypal funds)..

in order to do the credit card charging behind the scenes.. an keep the users on the site the whole time would be to use the DIRECT PAYMENT PRO option PayPal has.....

I havent messed with that API yet.. but from what I have read there is a NVP (Named Value Pair) API you can use..

I wrote an engine (no good grahics or layout to it..just code really...proof of concept)


here is the STORE:
http://www.dmstudios.net/demos/PMS/

heres an all Flash & XML (w/ minor php script usage for scraping directories for image names) store & cart....

you can view the cart with the text button to the left..same with the check out which brings you to paypal log-in...(itemized summary of all items in basket)

http://www.dmstudios.net/demos/PMS/admin.html

is a CMS (I call it a PMS or PMI Product Management System/Interface) i wrote using Flash, XML and minor PHP scripts (for uploads, write/saving to a text file, and image scraping)....

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Id like to work with messing with the Direct payment Pro method though.. it would be much cleaner...

I have some documentation, but could never get any real answers..their dev/help forums completely stink..

open for discussion...

but I did download silentweed cart example, and it takes the user to a payment page, after it ask you to log-in....but when i drop this in my file...no chance..??
I did start a new thread with this subject..hope I am not confusing...

ok....

you WANT to be taken to the PayPal website..or not?

this payment page your talking about.. is the payment screen ON the PayPal.com site?

yes silentweeds and my demo are very similar... and that it was PayPal.com is calling the EXPRESS checkout... (not to be confused with the Direct Payments Pro version)

Yes, i want to be taken to the payment page ON the Paypal site.
but what I am saying is..it is taking me to the Paypal site, but NOT on any payment page, just in my account page...and then there is no reference about the shopping cart. Just like if I just randomly signed up not using the shopping cart at all...

are you logged in when you try this?? (to your paypal account)

It shouldnt matter if i am logged in or not, as users wont necessary be looged in when they shop. In Silentweed sample, if you are not looged in, it takes you to the login page and then to the payment page. Mine does nothing after the login page...even if I take his code and modify it..I am probably doing something wrong when I modify...or am I missing something? ...

the only time I see that happen is if the code or vars you send are wrong...

My code is probably wrong, would you see what I am missing here?

Code:

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confirmation_mc.order_btn.onRelease = function()  {
payPal = new LoadVars();
payPal.cmd = "_cart";
payPal.business = "humanvision.sd@gmail.com";
payPal.currency_code = "CDN";
payPal.upload = "1";
payPal.amount = "20.00";

payPal.send("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr", "_blank", "POST");

}

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Eventually, this code will send a variable amount instead of the $20.00, but thats just a test...and it is failing...

I dont think I need to do anything on the Paypal side, so the problem should be here...

ok, I found my problem. The .swf has to be online for this to work,..i was trying to get to paypal from my .swf and I guess that is why it wasnt working... (such a waiste of time..)

Thanks whisper for your help,

here is how I got it to work, and it works like a charm!:

payPal = new LoadVars();
payPal.cmd = "_cart";
payPal.business = "humanvision.sd@gmail.com";
payPal.item_name = "Inverted Suit";
payPal.currency_code = "CDN";
payPal.upload = "1";
payPal["add"] = "1";
payPal.amount = totalCost_txt.text;

payPal.send("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr", "_blank", "POST");

whispers... I'm using the datagrid that silentweed supplies as a shopping cart. I can add items to the cart just fine but I can't figure out how to remove an item. I see in your example, post #41, that if you click on the red circle button the item is taken out of the cart. Do you know how I can achieve this within the datagrid? Or if not within the datagrid, some other way? It looks like your example doesn't use the datagrid? Your help is greatly appreciated!! :confused:

to follow up on my problem above, you can add a button to a datagrid by using cellRenderer. I went through a couple tutorials and they worked fine but when it came down to implementing it into my own site I couldn't get it to work because the way I was collecting info was different then the tutorials. So... I went another route, the way an item is added to the datagrid cart is by using 'iteminstance.quantity ++' so naturally to remove an item from the datagrid it makes sense to use 'iteminstance.quantity --' to remove the item from the datagrid. The question then is what to attach the 'iteminstance.quantity --' code to? I used a movieclip since I couldn't figure out the cellrenderer. Each time a new item is added to the datagrid another instance of the 'deleteme' movieclip appears and each deleteme movieclip is associated to the correct row of the datagrid by using datagrid.getItemAt(row).columnID
Once you retrieve that columnID you then apply the quantity -- to it.

hey whispers, anychance that you willing to share the source?

:rolleyes:

:)

Id have to dig it out of one of m y archive folders.....


but.... all code "IS" posted here at Flashkit... (I learn everything here) ;)

just search my nic and payal as key word or something.. ;)

log into your paypal accoutn first.. then click this link:

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...howto_checkout


quote from the page:

This means that the minimum required code for your post to PayPal will look like this:

Code:

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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="you@youremail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Item Name">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="0.00">
<input type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but01.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
</form>

---

so the flash equivalent would be something like: [example]

PHP Code:

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paypalVars = new LoadVars();

paypalVars.cmd = "_cart"; //required PayPal var 
paypalVars.business = "emailforpaypal@whatever.com"; //required PayPal var (use your email associated with PayPal)
paypalVars.item_name = "XBOX_360";//required PayPal var
paypalVars.currency_code = "USD"; //required PayPal var
paypalVars.amount = "350.00"; //required paypal var total amount to send to PayPal

payPal.send("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr", "_blank", "POST"); 


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that link will have the break down of what you CAN send and what you HAVE to send..

in mine I just looped through an array I believe...

PHP Code:

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//Loop through the array for product details;
for (var i = 0; i<cartArray.length; i++) {
    var num = i+1;
    payPal["item_name_"+num] = cartArray[i].name;
    payPal["quantity_"+num] = cartArray[i].quantity;
    payPal["amount_"+num] = cartArray[i].amount;
    payPal["on0_"+num] = "Color: "+cartArray[i].color;
    payPal["on1_"+num] = "Size: "+cartArray[i].size;        
} 


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and so on....

hope that helps..

thanks pal..

btw, i really like the kitten in ur avantar :D

Whispers - I realize this post is a little old, but I'm hoping you still monitor it. I'm an animator, so I'm good with Flash, but am new to Actionscript, so I haven't learned arrays yet. Could you show me how to setup the cartArray? Thanks!


[QUOTE=whispers]

PHP Code:

---

//Loop through the array for product details;
for (var i = 0; i<cartArray.length; i++) {
    var num = i+1;
    payPal["item_name_"+num] = cartArray[i].name;
    payPal["quantity_"+num] = cartArray[i].quantity;
    payPal["amount_"+num] = cartArray[i].amount;
    payPal["on0_"+num] = "Color: "+cartArray[i].color;
    payPal["on1_"+num] = "Size: "+cartArray[i].size;        
} 


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well if you are new to arrays you should read up on them.. and how they work..

think of it as a 'container' (or better yet a reference) to a number of indexed items.

so you have an array (container/reference)

var referenceArray:Array = new Array();

that just declares (creates) a new array and gives it the reference name of: referenceArray.. so anytime you see referenceArray it means this indexed array of items.

now you need to populate the array.. many ways

referenceArray[0]="Item 1";
referenceArray[1]="Item 2";
referenceArray[2]="Item 3";

thing to note/know if that all array indexes start with 0 (called zero based arrays)

so if I call

someTextField.text = referenceArray[0];

that text field will have: "Item 1" displayed in it..

someTextField.text = referenceArray[1];

results in Item 2 being displayed.. and so on.

this is how you use a basic array.. they are great to use with loops.. and once you get the hang of them..XML will be a snap as well..

NOW..the above array is an object array.. meaning the array has an OBJECT in each slot/index

an object is its own 'entity' and have its own properties you can access.

So I created an array

var cartArray:Array = new Array();

and I populated it with an OBJECT ..

this object is my product object.. that contains name, color, size..etc for that object.

I push/add one object to the array for each product I 'purchase' (add to cart)

to do that:

//create array
var peopleArray:Array = new Array();

//populate it with object
peopleArray.push({name:"Some name1", age:"26"});
peopleArray.push({name:"Some name2", age:"16"});
peopleArray.push({name:"Some name3", age:"28"});



you have now just made an object array...

and you can access the data like so:

someTextField.text = peopleArray[0].name;
someTextField.text = peopleArray[1].name;
someTextField.text = peopleArray[2].name;

hope this helps...

Thanks for the quick response. I'll give it a try if I ever get Flash MX working again. This is definately the wrong place to post this question, but perhaps you can help; all of a sudden "Test Movie" isn't working correctly. Parts of my actionscript aren't working at all. The strange thing is that everything works fine if I publish the swf, but for some reason it just won't work within MX's Test Movie. Any ideas?

have you tried to re-boot?

or maybe un-install and re-install the FLASH PLAYER??

as a last resort.. try re-installing Flash again..

Rebooted and re-installed everything, then rebooted again. Didn't work. Looks like my Flashing is on hold for now. It's weird though, it just all of a sudden stopped working, I never changed any settings or anything. Sucky.

hi, I downloaded the Flash Paypal Button by levelfourdesigns and what this does is send the paypal variables over to paypal AND send you to the paypal shopping cart right away, what i am trying to do is to make 2 different buttons, one that adds the item to the cart, and another that proceeds to the checkout. I tried changing some of the code on the button but nothing happens, to be honest I've no idea what I'm doing.


Any help is greatly appreciated :)

well the "CART" part is nothing to do with PayPal really.. is JUST an array on the flash side... when you are all done.. you send the WHOLE array over.. instead of just one product..

I browsed over some of your older posts. Let's see if I understand this a bit...


OK, I think this would be the "add to cart" button code?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by whispers

PHP Code:

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paypalVars = new LoadVars();

paypalVars.cmd = "_cart"; //required PayPal var 
paypalVars.business = "emailforpaypal@whatever.com"; //required PayPal var (use your email associated with PayPal)
paypalVars.item_name = "XBOX_360";//required PayPal var
paypalVars.currency_code = "USD"; //required PayPal var
paypalVars.amount = "350.00"; //required paypal var total amount to send to PayPal

payPal.send("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr", "_blank", "POST"); 


---

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at the end of the code above there's this bit of code which sends the item info to paypal and takes you to the paypal checkout page? how can i make it so it only sends the item info without opening paypal checkout?

can i have a separate button that takes you to the checkout page?




this is where all the different item info is stored before sending it over to paypal? Would this be on the same frame as the "add to cart" buttons?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by whispers

PHP Code:

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//Loop through the array for product details;
for (var i = 0; i<cartArray.length; i++) {
    var num = i+1;
    payPal["item_name_"+num] = cartArray[i].name;
    payPal["quantity_"+num] = cartArray[i].quantity;
    payPal["amount_"+num] = cartArray[i].amount;
    payPal["on0_"+num] = "Color: "+cartArray[i].color;
    payPal["on1_"+num] = "Size: "+cartArray[i].size;        
} 


---

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*bump

If you want to do it that way... you will need to use the DirectPayment (or whatever they call it) API/method to do so...

the above code was done before that (Direct) was available.. and that is what (I believe) they call "Express Checkout"

I havent really dug into doing it the new way..

but maybe we can work on it together.. shouldnt be too hard..

I suggest you going to the PayPal Dev forum and searching.. getting answers there can be along wait though.. ;)

but there is stuff to search through that may be of some help.

I think you need to so some PayPal upgrades (free I think) to your account..upgrade to a business account.. and register for a sandbox ID to test with..

but dont quote me.. :)

There is a PayPal Button generator for ActionScript at www.website-dev.com

Also has a script generator for Mal's E-commerce, so PayPal Express Checkout and Pro can work with Flash easily using that

Id like to know/talk more about the PRO option with PayPal..

anyone have any knowledge of it? Im really un-sure how you can have a button generator for the PRO option?

Her are some questions I have: and this ONLY applies to PRO/DIRECT payment.. not the Express where you are taken to the PayPal site.. so dont even include it in any responses. :)


1.) can this be used with JUST Flash..? (ie: no PHP script in between?) I have been told yes..but have seen no examples??

Using a simple sendAndLoad(); in flash....yes? and since it looks as if the returned vars form PayPal are in a flashVar format.. Flash should be able ot read it latently.....yes or no?


2.) what are the REQUIRED VARS NEEDED to be sent to PayPal on each 'transaction'?

3.) what is a list of OPTIONAL VARS you can send?

It was laid out so much easier with the Express checkout.. pass in some vars to a url.. done deal.. and the documentation was very 'to the point'..

I think the Dev Group is severely lacking.. search sucks, and the 'replies' are half arsed, with people only linking to know examples mostly... from what I remember..

anyone got some input on these questions?


I'll start:

required vars:

IP (i think)
cc#
cc expy
name

i am writing a Flash website that will allow users to purchase Digital Documents using PayPal.

Does anybody out there know to achieve this?

i am guessing that one solution is for the user to make the PayPal payment and when that is successful - email the document to them and if not successful display a HTML page stating that it is unsuccessful.

is this a good approach?
how do i detect the payment is successful or unsuccessful?

thanks

you need to go to PayPal and read up on th API they have available...

luwunu,
the method you described is the 'easiest' solution but not really user friendly for the customer. Customers are accustomed to being able to download their product minutes after purchasing it, so you may lose customers if you don't provide that same level of service. With that said, depending on your level of AS and PHP knowledge, it can be rather difficult to manually set up a situation where an email containing a download link is automatically sent to a customer after their paypal payment is confirmed. If you don't want deal with the coding I'd recommend adding a 3rd party shopping cart that has this service built in. As Whispers suggested you should visit the Paypal site and learn more about the process. HTH.

I agonized over this and found this perfect link- exactly what you need.

http://www.paypaldeveloper.com/pdn/b...id=29461#M2067

if you go to paypal/business/merchant/ then website payment standards. once you register as a business account it will let give you the html code. The above link will translate into actionscript.

I suggest you look into the PRO option..this way you do NOT have to even have the customer leave the site.. and you can get a call back saying if the transaction was a success or not.. and based on the return supply them with an email or a link directly..

ok, i know this post is like four years old, but i'm hoping anyone who can help is still alive. It looks as though all of this code is for AS2. I am currently making a website for my father's art business in AS3. Does anyone know of anywhere I can get my hands on some AS3 paypal code??