This section discusses two sample HTML files we have provided to help you understand how the flow of control during an on-line purchase passes from:

1. Your user initiating a purchase at your web-site to

2. a merchant services provider to

3. the Web-Activator, back to

4. the merchant and finally back to

5. your user.

In the "samples\HTML" directory (normally under <program files>\SoftwareShield\WebActivator\SampleHTML) you will find two sample HTML files. These two files are:

1. PostToMerchant.htm

2. CallingGetACodeFromMerchant.htm

PostToMerchant.htm shows how you might gather the Authorization Request Code from your user, pre-assemble it in the "GenCode" parameter format, and post it to a merchant who will process your customers payment. See the subsection Example Web-Activator Front-End HTML for more details.

CallingGetACodeFromMerchant.htm shows how a merchant might call the Web-Activator (passing the GenCode parameter) to get an Activation Code for a user once their payment is successfully processed. See the subsection Example Web-Activator Middle-Layer HTML for more details.

The samples show a flow of control that illustrates how the parameters are passed back and forth when you are using a payment processing merchant. If you instead process your own payments, the flow of control is largely the same, except instead of a merchant processing the payments - you do. The rest of the details are pretty much the same.

Note if you are unsure how to set up a merchant account, or where to get merchant services, please contact our support department by email (support@softwareshield.com) and we can help you find a cost-effective service which integrates easily with our Web-Activator.