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Repeater - Paypal button not working

I have a repeater that shows the products from a database. There is a button that sends the item to paypal's shopping cart. This works fine outside of the repeater (if I statically enter the link) but will not work inside the repeater. The button inside the repeater is linking to the parent page instead of picking up the paypal link in the form tag. Here's an example:

<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<div align="center">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="email@aol.com">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="And The End Shall Come">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="10001">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15">
<input type="hidden" name="cn" value="Special Instructions (optional">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input name="submit" type="image" src="images/buy_now.jpg" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"
border="0">
<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
</div>
</form>

Any ideas?

David H.H.Lee

Dear azyet24,
Probably, you can combine the submitted value in hidden fields as a string, then use javascript to post the form manually using javascript.
eg:

'your button onclick event, you can amend it accordingly

Sub btnClick
Dim s as string
s="<form target="paypal" action='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr' method='post'>"
s &="<input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_cart'>"
.... others hidden fields
s &="</form>"
s &="<script>document.forms[0].submit();</script>"
Response.write(s);
End Sub

KPMT-Technician

/// <summary>
/// How to accomplish the paypal's buy it now button with out multiple forms.
/// </summary>
/// <example>
/// <asp:HyperLink id="buyItNow" runat="server" BorderWidth="0"
/// ImageUrl="~/images/add_to_cart.gif"
/// NavigateUrl="<%# GeneratePayNowURL( Container.DataItem ) %>"
/// ToolTip="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" />
/// </example>
/// <param name="dataItem">
/// This is the DataSource that is driving you repeater.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A URL to paypal using query string to pass values.
/// </returns>
protected string GeneratePayNowURL( object dataItem )
{
System.Text.StringBuilder url = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
url.Append( @"javascript: location.href='" );
url.Append( @"https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?" );
url.Append( String.Format( "&cmd={0}", DataBinder.Eval( dataItem, "cmd" ).ToString() ) );
url.Append( String.Format( "&business={0}", DataBinder.Eval( dataItem, "business" ).ToString() ) );
url.Append( String.Format( "&item_name={0}", DataBinder.Eval( dataItem, "item_name" ).ToString() ) );
url.Append( String.Format( "&item_number={0}", DataBinder.Eval( dataItem, "item_number" ).ToString() ) );
url.Append( String.Format( "&cn={0}", DataBinder.Eval( dataItem, "cn" ).ToString() ) );
url.Append( String.Format( "&no_note={0}", DataBinder.Eval( dataItem, "no_note" ).ToString() ) );
url.Append( String.Format( "&add={0}", DataBinder.Eval( dataItem, "qty" ).ToString() ) );
url.Append( @"';" );
return url.ToString();
}

Give this a shot.

Robert Fidler
Springfield, Missouri

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Did the VB code work OK for you?

Robert Fidler
Springfield, Missouri

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