Questions aboutuUsing a Custom Order API

[Flatlander]

I haven't used any custom Order API inside ShopSite yet and have some
questions about having one programmed and installed. The feature I want to
take advantage of with the custom Order API is to "Stuff the order
information into another system in real time". I'm using the latest version
of ShopSite.

Will the ShopSite Shopping Cart and Shipping Screens still look and work as
they do now?

Will I still be able to go into COMMERCE SETUP/ORDER SYSTEM and get the
CUSTOMIZE ORDER SYSTEM screen to make changes to the shopping cart and
shipping screens displayed to the customer?

Will the Custom Order API have to be re-written each time ShopSite is
updated?

Anything else I should be aware of relative to using a Custom ORDER API in
ShopSite?

Thanks,

Wayne Bennett
4X4BOOKS.com

[Guest]

Wayne,
The Order API is called after the Shopping Cart and Shipping screens are
displayed so it will make no differnce on either of them. You will
still be able to configure them as you do now.

Information from the order is passed to the Order API in a name = value
configuration so your application just looks for the name of the fields
you want to use and grabs them and ignores the others so future versions
of ShopSite will work fine with an API that you create for the current
version of ShopSite. If you want to take advantage of additional
information provided by future versions you would just need to add that
to your API.



Jim


Flatlander wrote:

I haven't used any custom Order API inside ShopSite yet and have some
questions about having one programmed and installed. The feature I want to
take advantage of with the custom Order API is to "Stuff the order
information into another system in real time". I'm using the latest version
of ShopSite.

Will the ShopSite Shopping Cart and Shipping Screens still look and work as
they do now?

Will I still be able to go into COMMERCE SETUP/ORDER SYSTEM and get the
CUSTOMIZE ORDER SYSTEM screen to make changes to the shopping cart and
shipping screens displayed to the customer?

Will the Custom Order API have to be re-written each time ShopSite is
updated?

Anything else I should be aware of relative to using a Custom ORDER API in
ShopSite?

Thanks,

Wayne Bennett
4X4BOOKS.com