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Clear Cart but Print Receipt

Thread began 1/21/2011 2:11 pm by cmariedesigns405969 | Last modified 1/21/2011 2:31 pm by cmariedesigns405969 | 1214 views | 2 replies |

1/21/2011 2:11 pm | #1 cmariedesigns405969

Clear Cart but Print Receipt

I have implemented a procedure to clear my cart at the bottom of my checkout_success page using the eCart object ClearCart function. However, I also have a link on this page to print a more "printer-friendly" receipt which is basically a copy of the page in a new window without the website heading/footer/menus/etc. but with some Company information included. This receipt page relies on the content of the cart, but that has now been cleared.

Any suggestions as to how I can clear the cart, but still be able to print a receipt? (I am assuming that not everyone will want to print a receipt, since I am generating an email receipt also, so I don't want to clear the cart from the receipt page.)

Thank you in advance,

Catherine

1/21/2011 2:18 pm | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

once the cart is cleared, it is deleted from the servers memory. It is not possible to allow the user to print data that has been deleted.

1/21/2011 2:31 pm | #3 cmariedesigns405969

Clear cart but print receipt

I understand that the server variables are cleared. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for placing the cart clearing function in a different place or using sometype of conditional statement to delay clearing.

Catherine

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