Commerce Server
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Multi-Lingual Catalog not switching languages

542 byte By JosephShulman at 2008-3-7
Hello list, I have a catalog with 2 languages. And a method to switch the Default language of the site between the two. So every aspect of the site works, the display of all the text, and even the display of teh catalogs. It switches with no problems so you can see the catalog items in either ...

Problem with basket SoldToId modification

130 byte By MaciejKoper at 2008-3-7
Hi, I wondering is there possibility to modify some how basket property SoldToID. Probably i have to make custom pipeline :( .

Error messages regarding Catalog DTS task

1388 byte By cchorfi at 2008-3-6
Hi,when executing the DTS package to import data into the data warehouse database even though the process seems to be successful I get the following errors in the Event Log:Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Commerce Server 2002Event Category: NoneEvent ID: 36911Date: 22/1/2007Time: 10:05:37User: ...

Commerce Server 2007 Upgrade Wizard Data Loss? Please Help

1424 byte By MarcDESJARDINS at 2008-3-6
Hi, I’ve ran the Commerce Server 2007 Upgrade Wizard for the Transactions Ressource.I then compared the data from the 2002 tables and the newly created 2007 tables.select count(*) between OrderGroup (2002) and PurchaseOrders (2007) is matching.select count(*) between OrderFormHeader (2002) and ...

Problems loading BizDesk

365 byte By FernandoPossebon at 2008-3-5
Hi all,I'm having a problem when a launch the Bizdesk in my application. It loads but the left navigation tree does not like correct (like if its missing the CSS styles).I checked the existence of CSS files, and they are on correct places.Any clue on this issue?Thanks in advance, and best ...

Order System in Commerce Server 2007

213 byte By msaradhi at 2008-3-5
Hi All, Can any one provide me how the order system functions and what are the other systems related to this ? Any articles/ppt's/white papers could be more helpful. Regards, Saradhi

BizDesk: Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site file://.....hta

1044 byte By Fizz71 at 2008-3-3
Since we moved our customer's website to a new server the site now gives the following message when entering the editor for a catalog and categories in the bizdesk for a CS 2000 site:Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site file://C:/..yada yada...com%2080.hta.Operation aborted.It's ...

Product Sorting

577 byte By takobell at 2008-3-3
I'm working on Browse.aspx from the starter site and I want to implement sorting functionality based on the column header in the GridView.I know the productList control uses the ProductFilterDataSource control to get it's data and ProductFilterDataSource inherits from CatalogDataSource.I ...

Constant BizDesk restarts

484 byte By JosephShulman at 2008-3-1
In the past few days the BizDesk has started behaving erratically. every few minutes, or when you try to save a change, it will restart and send you back to the welcome page. The only recent change to the IIS has been to seperate certain sites using the IIS Application Pool. I don't know if ...

Getting the Basket for Shipment selection

477 byte By TaiChiMaster at 2008-3-1
Hi,I'm there to develope the checkout process, as basic information, I take the code from the StarterSite.But there is a problem: In the StarterSite it gets the actual basket over BasketHelper helper = new BasketHelper(BasketName). The problem is that i cet the basket with the right ID but ...

Anybody know how to extract catalog schema from Commerce server 2002 BizDesk ?

764 byte By chamindasomathilaka at 2008-2-28
Hi all,I am trying to make a new staging server from the development env.I tried with PUP files , but I failed....the PUP I got from DEV contains lots of errors on it.So I decided to travel trough long road./....Now I need to get catalogs from DEV to new sever ...when I extracted the Product ...

CS 2007 does not respect the profile attribute requiresQuestionAndAnswer

937 byte By TheRealMrT at 2008-2-28
Hi,I see the CS 2007 UpmMemebershipProvider ignores the membership\provider attribute requiresQuestionAndAnswer. Instead it sets it by inspecting the user profile for the existence of the question and answer properties.It took me a while to work this out. And then I found it in the ...

BizDesk Report Execution Failed

419 byte By cchorfi at 2008-2-27
Hi!It seems that my static reports in BizDesk are failing to execute. When I click Run after selecting one of them, the Report Parameters window is launched but after I click "OK" without changing the settings I get the message "Report execution failed <name of the ...

complete list of categories and products on homepage

718 byte By PaulTew at 2008-2-27
HiThe homepage of our ecommerce site has to list all categories, then under each category heading it should list every single product. The problem I'm having is that all the categories are loaded into a menu but I can't figure out how to retrieve this list without using the ...

Cannot use ASP.NET output caching

1028 byte By HenrikG at 2008-2-26
Our site is built on the internatial retail2002 site using CS 2002 and ASP.NET. We've expirienced serious performance problems recently so it's about time to start taking advantage of the output caching functionality in ASP.NET.The strange thing is that when I add the following code at the ...

LineItem.DisplayName

245 byte By PaulTew at 2008-2-26
Hi all I've got a problem where the DisplayName property of the LineItem object isn't displaying the product name. Has anybody else had this issue, or can anybody tell me what the problem is? Thanks in advance Paul Tew

Puget Sound area recovering from severe wind and rain storm. Responses are delayed.

718 byte By CaesarSamsi-MSFT at 2008-2-25
Hi all, Redmond and surrounding areas were hit bad by the recent storm. This is the 2nd day after the storm and there are still wide spread power outages that impacted a large number of the population. The storm impacted:Power (still out in many areas)Cable service (TV, Internet, and Phone ...

Extending Commerce OrderForm

4542 byte By ErlEgestad at 2008-2-25
We have extended the OrderForm with a Strongly-Typed property ("OrderType") via the OrderObjectMappings.xml file and run the tool to update the scripts and OrderForm table.We have created an inherited Commerce Order Form Class which inherits from the ...

Transaction DTS task execution failed

573 byte By cchorfi at 2008-2-24
Hi,I'm having a problem when importing data from Commerce Server tables to the data warehouse. The Configuration synchronization task and the Web server log import task seem to work just fine but the Transaction data import task fails and I have the following error:Transaction DTS task : No ...

Tax Calculations

227 byte By Xcel at 2008-2-24
I am looking for a sample pipeline Component to caculate tax. I don't need very advanced tax calculations just 3 states with a flat tax and all my products are taxable. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

BizDesk: Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site file://.....hta

1044 byte By Fizz71 at 2008-2-23
Since we moved our customer's website to a new server the site now gives the following message when entering the editor for a catalog and categories in the bizdesk for a CS 2000 site:Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site file://C:/..yada yada...com%2080.hta.Operation aborted.It's ...

propertiesToReturn

495 byte By Xcel at 2008-2-23
I have added the propertiesToReturn to the webconfig and referenced a property that I added in the Catalog Schema manager. This works as expected in all areas of the site except Search. If I put one of my custom properties in the string then Search returns an error (and no longer works) - all ...

Can't search catalog in CS2000 bizdesk

388 byte By samj01 at 2008-2-22
Hi,On one particular computer we have, upon clicking the "Find Now" button on the catalog editor page nothing happens! Everything else seems to be working except for this.Is there any reason why this is happening and any ideas on how to fix it? I reformatted this particular machine ...

Discount allocation to a user through a target expression on the according organization

778 byte By ChristianHecht at 2008-2-22
Hi,I want to allocate a discount to users from one organization. I tried it through a target expression on the organization name but the discount will no be used from the shop system.With the suggested user properties it works fine. Is this scenario supported or is it only possible to allocate ...

Cannot use ASP.NET output caching

1028 byte By HenrikG at 2008-2-22
Our site is built on the internatial retail2002 site using CS 2002 and ASP.NET. We've expirienced serious performance problems recently so it's about time to start taking advantage of the output caching functionality in ASP.NET.The strange thing is that when I add the following code at the ...

Total Pipeline

270 byte By Xcel at 2008-2-22
I have added a Scriptor Component in the Total Pipeline for Freight Charges. How can I return an error back to the user if for instance that the Shipping Method / Service is invalid. Any code sniglets would be greatly appreciated. Please Advise.

BizDesk: Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site file://.....hta

1044 byte By Fizz71 at 2008-2-21
Since we moved our customer's website to a new server the site now gives the following message when entering the editor for a catalog and categories in the bizdesk for a CS 2000 site:Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site file://C:/..yada yada...com%2080.hta.Operation aborted.It's ...

Annoying issue with unpacking the Data Warehouse package

867 byte By JosephJohnson at 2008-2-21
I've spent the last 15 minutes trying to lock down what I feel is a rather annoying bug in the product. I'm attempting to set up a simulated production environment, where I have seperate machines running SQL, Commerce Server, Active Directory, et al. While attempting to unpackage the data ...

Converting ASP to ASP.Net Commerce Server 2002 object

492 byte By rangarajanm at 2008-2-20
Hi, I am not familiar in ASP , But i want to convert existing ASP based commerce server 2002 object code to asp.net . For Eg: Set mscsPage = Server.CreateObject("Commerce.Page")GetSiteName = mscsPage.VirtualDirectory How can i do it in Dotnet and which is the better way to do it. ...

Testing whether a Coupon Code (Promotion Code) is valid before applying it to a basket.

3083 byte By Adam_Kahtava at 2008-2-20
Coupon Codes come in a variety of flavors: Private Public RestrictedWe can use the PromoCodeDefinitionManager and the LookupPromoCodeDefinitionByCode(string promoCode) function to test whether a Promotion Code exists (!= null). However; just because a promotion code exists does *not* mean it’s ...

Asp.net 2.0 App to interface with Commerce server 2002

1417 byte By rangarajanm at 2008-2-19
Hi, I am new to Commerce server 2002. I am working on asp.net 2.0 and C# based shopping cart app , I want to interface with commerce server 2002 with few functionalities like Additem to basket and shipping , These places i want to use commerce server components and exisiting few developed ...

Remove Split Shipment Feature

230 byte By Xcel at 2008-2-19
I thought this would be easy but I am having trouble finding out how to disable the multi-shipments per order feature in the starter site. Do I just remove the menu item in the Shipping.ascx page? Please Advise.

Business desk client Profile search not returning any records in some machines

376 byte By DhineshNatesan at 2008-2-18
Hi, I have installed my business desk in two machines for testing,In that the profile search is working fine in one machine but not working in another machine,its not returning any profiles data.Have any one encountered these type of problem? I would be thankful if any one provide me the ...

how to install commerce server 2007 development environment for 25 developer machine and one 200

910 byte By Prabagarane at 2008-2-18
Hi we are developing a E-Commerce Site using Visual Stuido 2005 and Commerce Server 2007.Our Problem was; First we installed the VS2005 and CS2007 in the Windows 2003 server machine and we done some of the POC's and R&D's in the machine , But we need to comeout to the developemnet ...

Custom Pipeline Component

6681 byte By HemaSam at 2008-2-17
Hi All, I need some help on Pipelines for the following scenario. We are using CS2002 When the user's order is packed for shipping some times due to difference in the inventory a part of an order cannot be fulfilled. In such cases we wanted to ship only the part of an order that is available. ...

BizTalk/CS2007 Nant deployment

465 byte By GlynDarkin at 2008-2-17
Hi there,I am currently trying to Automate our deployment of our Biztalk/CS2007 using nant.However i have come unstuck when trying to import the previously saved bindings file.When the bindings file is exported the password used in the CS2007 adapters gets obfuscated. Therefore when we import ...

Commerce Server Management without properties and site not working on CS2002

1203 byte By JaspervanderSterren at 2008-2-16
I have a CS2002 with SP3 installation on Windows 2003 and SQL 2000. The commerce site is suddenly not starting up anymore, and I get the following error: Error: AuthManager(CommerceServer): SiteConfig: Property 's_AuthManager_EncryptionKey' , not found in Admin Database, for MS-Commerce-Site ...

Overriding Maximum display values on ads / discounts

671 byte By PaulLemon at 2008-2-16
Hi,I would like to be able to configure adverts which can be displayed more than 10 times - specifically I would like to configure an advert (or discount) which can be displayed for an unlimited number of occasions - currently I cannot see any other option than to select from 1-10 views in the ...

Decoupling from commerce server 2002

515 byte By Rachk at 2008-2-15
Hi, I have an application which uses asp.net 1.1 , commerce server 2002 and sql server 2000. We are migrating to asp.net2.0. So i need suggestions on how to decouple from the commerce server. I.e change web.config settings and make sure that the commerce server dependencies dont are ...

Unable to initialize logging to file

620 byte By TaiChiMaster at 2008-2-15
Hi,I've got a little problem with the basket pipline. The pipline failessomewhere in the "Order Adjust Price" Stage where the Discounts areapplied. The exception i get is:Unable to initialize logging to file : pipelines\log\basket.-a5cc9bf8-dd9d-4405-bdc9-18d2181a9856-.pipelogI ...

Where did the old forums go for Commerce Server

217 byte By Tony@tonycornejo.com at 2008-2-15
I want to look up some old questions I posted. Did they just get removed? I'm thinking of the forums that divided Commerce Server into section such as Catalog, Profile, General etc. Thanks,

Search Failed

5444 byte By Xcel at 2008-2-15
When using the Search functionality with the Starter Site I am generating an error. I have added a custom property to the Product List - which works fine when I go through the built in navigation. I have also added the property in the propertiesToReturn parameter of web.config. So, I don't ...

Looking for Volcano Coffee Turbo Sample Site

267 byte By Dariuss at 2008-2-15
I understand that Site Server Commerce is no longer supported by Microsoft. Nevertheless I am compelled to ask, can anyone help me to obtain the VCTurbo sample site files? Apparently, this was distributed with the Site Server Performance Kit. Thanks in advance.

Creating new CS2007 ASP.NET site fails

4273 byte By catapultic at 2008-2-15
The environment is as follows:Two Windows Server 2003 systems, CS2007 and SQL2005 - both in the same domain depending on which adapter is enabled - but the box hosting Commerce Server is in the DMZ. I have CS and SQL2005 configured just fine. I create a new project from VS2005 and it churns, ...

Query Regarding Discount ...

1700 byte By Sam.mca@gmail.com at 2008-2-15
HiHow to reflect discounts to the basket which is created through BizDesk?This's how I've tried....Basket basket=CommerceContext.Current.OrderSystem.GetBasket(new Guid(g));LineItem li=new ...

DictionaryXMLTransformsFreeThreaded.GenerateXMLForDictionaryUsingSchema() equivalent

170 byte By Arielm82 at 2008-2-15
All, It doesn't seem like this component is shipped with 2007. Any alternatives, or will I have to write my own class to achieve same purpose? Thanks,

"Profiles...Users...Find Now" returns no data on BizDesk after daylight-savings.

804 byte By ROSmith at 2008-2-15
On my primary desktop machine, since daylight-savings time switch, my BizDesk client no longer returns any data whenever I do a "Profiles...Users...Find Now". I am still able to do "Profiles...Users...New", and "Organizations...Find Now", and "Order ...

Problem about import userobject profile into commerce server by using biztalk

2422 byte By HoweyHuo at 2008-2-15
trying to import profile from RMS(Retail Management System) to commerce server by using biztalk.I use storeprocedure queried out latest updated and added account and form the profileimport.xml.the XML file is follow the format from profiledocument.xsd which is generated by ...

Product Catalog - design

1680 byte By Diwa at 2008-2-14
We are facing an issue in designing a particular solution in Microsoft commerce server2002 Catalgos module. Each product can be under the combination of any of the following category1.Brand2.Type3.Pack The relation between the product and the categories are product to brand is 1:1product to ...

Creating en-GB message manager

824 byte By PaulLemon at 2008-2-14
Hi,I am working with the Commerce server 2007 site and need to create a satellite assembly dll containing the messages for the en-uk culture. Having tried copying the en-us folder from the bin folder and renaming it for en-gb and not getting the required results. I am going to follow the ...