Question

I confess I am a noob to asp.net and web forms. I’m having an issue incorporating a few PayPal "Buy Now" buttons on a single page. Basically, the problem is no matter which "Buy Now" button is clicked, the user is taken to PayPal to buy the product represented by the last button on the page.

The code for my first button is something like this…

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="ABC123">
<asp:ImageButton runat="server" id="PPImageButton1" PostBackUrl="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" ImageUrl="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif"/>

My second button is similar to…

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="ABC456">
<asp:ImageButton runat="server" id="PPImageButton2" PostBackUrl="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" ImageUrl="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif"/>

How can I make the first button send value ABC123 to the PayPal service instead of ABC456?

Answer 1

The POST content of a button is every input in the FORM tag that surrounds the submit button. So to have each button submit a separate set of hidden fields you need to wrap the button and the desired hidden fields in a separate form:

<form ... >
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="ABC123">
<asp:ImageButton runat="server" id="PPImageButton1" PostBackUrl="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" ImageUrl="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif"/>
</form>

<form ... >
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="ABC456">
<asp:ImageButton runat="server" id="PPImageButton1" PostBackUrl="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" ImageUrl="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif"/>
</form>