VWD, PayPal (HTTP-POST), and ASP.NET

With the recent release of Visual Web Developer 2005, and a slight background in VB.NET and Visual Studio, I have decided to develop a pet application as a means to evaluate the potential ofVWD as a replacement forMacromediaDreamweaver. I have run into the usual struggles of learning and cannot determine how to pass a currency value (integer) from ASP.NET's web form to the hidden inputs used byPayPal's HTTP POST form for simple transactions.

I've read up for about 4 hours on ASP vs HTML states,postbacks like Server.Transfer(), Response.Redirect(), and javascript. I ended up pulling an all-nighter. I don't plan on sending a lot of info topaypal (otherwise I would look more into theSDK, which was really deep for me), but I would like to improve my understanding.

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Hi,

and welcome to the ASP.NET forums.

You can take a look at the Paypal enabled starter kit to get some ideas:http://www.asp.net/default.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=41

Grz, Kris.

I saw that. I was hoping I could utilize PayPal using learning its API or using Payments Pro. I can add HTML code for my php site in <5minutes. My hope is to learn how to use HTTP POST with ASP.NET 2.0 within VWD.

XIII wrote:

Hi,

and welcome to the ASP.NET forums.

You can take a look at the Paypal enabled starter kit to get some ideas:http://www.asp.net/default.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=41

Grz, Kris.

I was just going to say that too! I've tried the starter kit and liked it very much!

I don't like it at all. Too complicated for what I need. From what I've read, ASP.NET requires a long workaround that takes longer than the actual development of my small page. PHP is a lot faster and easier for what I need to do.