Direct link to Paypal

[Shari]

Thankee Ken and Klaus!  I didn't use POST.  I could not get it to 
work that way.  But I created the URL and then handled it like any 
other website URL.

I've got it working!

on paypalDirect
   global tUrl,referral,desiredColor

   put "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" into tUrl

   put "cmd,business,item_name,item_number,amount,no_shipping" into tParams
   put ",no_note,return,cancel_return,currency_code" after tParams
   put ",on0,os0,on1,os1" after tParams

   put "_xclick,you at yourEmail.com,Product Name,xx0" into tValues
   put ",19.95,1,1,http://www.yourDomain.com/thankyou.html" after tValues
   put ",http://www.yourDomain.com/cancel.html,USD" after tValues
   put ",Color,xx1,Referred By,xx2" after tValues

   put "" into tParamString

   repeat with x = 1 to the number of items of tParams
     if x = 1 then
       put "?" & item x of tParams & "=" & urlencode(item x of 
tValues) after tParamString
     else
       put "&" & item x of tParams & "=" & urlencode(item x of 
tValues) after tParamString
     end if
   end repeat

   put tParamString after tUrl

   replace "xx0" with desiredColor in tUrl
   replace "xx1" with desiredColor in tUrl # put it in two places in 
case one failed
   # I had trouble before getting paypal to accept multiple extra infos
   # So I put it as Paypal's item_number, then again as an extra info
   # yes this is redundant
   replace "xx2" with urlencode(referral) in tUrl

   goUrl # tUrl is the URL to send to paypal
   # goUrl sends it just like any other web URL, the method depending 
on the operating system

end paypalDirect

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