What are the benefits of using Microsoft Commerce Server as opposed to some other 3rd party shopping cart system? Is it really that more "robust" than other .NET solutions - ASP.NET storefront, DotNetCart, VevoCart? At what point would you start looking at Commerce Server as an ecommerce solution rather than one of these other solutions...
(This question has been cross-posted on the MSDN forums here.) I'm working on a custom SharePoint/Commerce Server site, and I have a custom feature which is designed to do two things: provision some pages through modules, and provision a list of checkout steps, using the CheckoutStepsList template in a feature receiver. For some reason,...
I have created a discount in commerce server, and linked it with a list of private coupons. The problem is that after running the basket pipline it applies this discount even though no coupon was ever entered. It seems to me me this should be the default behavior when you create a discount which contains a list of coupons. There does not...
I searched and searched for an answer for this seemingly simple question in Commerce Server 2007, but have found nothing useful. This seems like something that should be possible. How to make a discount apply to only one shipping method in Commerce Server 2007? ...
I am trying to query Commerce Server 2007 using the Biztalk Adapter. I am using the OrdersAdapter and trying to query for all orders with a specific line item on them. The message xml is <CommerceServerOrdersQuery> <CLAUSE OPER="equal" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/CommerceServer/2004/02/Expressions"> <PROPERTY ID="LineIte...
What is the best way of implementing a checkout process that allows customers to place orders without first requiring registration on the site, and without requiring that users create an account during the checkout process. I was thinking of perhaps creating a anonymous customer entry which all orders not associated with a registered cu...
Hello all I have a question related to Commerce Server related to products basket. Let's assume a situation when user A is an anonymous user that went all way through the shopping cart(chooses product, fills in information) then changes his mind on the last step(before submitting order), kills the browser and does something else. From ...
I'm pretty new to Commerce Server 09 and its integration into SharePoint. I have a requirement to use SharePoint groups to manage the CS users. I've got the VPC demo loaded and read about the pipelines, etc., but I'm not quite sure where to start. Has anybody done this or have any ideas? Anything that help get me going in the right d...
I'm kind of stuck here. I'm developing a custom Pipleline component for Commerce Server 2009, but that has little to do with my problem. In the setup of the pipe, I give the user a windows form to enter some values for configuration. One of those values is a URL for a SharePoint site. Commerce Server uses C++ components behind all th...
We're using MS Commerce Server's Microsoft.CommerceServer.Runtime.Profiles.UpmMembershipProvider and sometimes where it gets initialised for the first time after an app restart we get this error: System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException - System.Web, Object reference not set to an instance of an object. (C:\Inetpub\web.config l...
Hi, I need to get up to speed about developing a commerce site using MS-Commerce server 2009 and SharePoint 2007. I was wondering where are good resources to get started, to explain the concepts and design, etc. ...
I have a Sharepoint 2007 internet site using Microsoft commerce server 2009. I need to show a list of "Recently added products" or "featured products". These will be showing products from "all" catalogs. What is the best approach to implement such requirement? ...
I have to create a web Method that allows client to change the Id of the user. How do I copy and create a new basket for new user ID from old user basket? Thanks ...
Hi, I have to create some custom promotion Discounts which does not fall in the category of DiscountTypes provided out of box from Commerce Server. Is there a way for creating your own Custom Discounts like custom Pipeline Components. Any ideas are helpful. Thanks! ...
Hi, I'm trying to decide to between using MojoPortal for my organizations CMS or Commerce Server 2009 with SharePoint 2010. We already have SharePoint 2010 for our intranet. In that thinking, perhaps it would make sense to deploy the same technology? We do not have a lot of traffic but do need basic e-commerce functionality. I haven'...
I'm building a new site that will sell a few items. I'd like to get experience with a product that is used by other large corporations. I believe there are several sites based on CS2009/7 but before I start learning this one I think it may be better to ask what other options should I consider? ...
Hi all, Our main application uses Commerce Server 2002, we are currently in the process of upgrading to 2009. I am looking into setting up CC.net for both apps. I have it pulling from SVN and starting the build but it will fail because Commerce Server is not installed so the DLL's are not there. I don't really want to do a full insta...
Hi, I have the task of cleaning up some of our data in SQL Server 2008 for CS2009. In our profiles database there are two tables: Addresses UserObject Address: address_id, line1, line2 guid, varchar, varchar UserObject: userid_id, addressguids, acitivtydate guid, varchar, datetime I need to remove all UserO...