Question

Is there some simple donation URL I’m missing from PayPal?

When I generate my donate button, PayPal returns some HTML I can paste into my web page. Unfortunately this link generates some session keys and whatnot.

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----Masdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfsadfasdfasdfasdfasdf=-----END PKCS7-----
">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>

Is there some simple URL I can place into my WPF application?

I’m placing an image of the donation picture:

And on the click of that picture:

    private void donation_MouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            Process.Start("http://donation page here.com/");
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Something went wrong! Rest assured the cleanup monkeys have been sent!", "Woops!", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error);
        }
    }

Where Process.Start will open the url in the users default web browser.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Answer 1

When you generate your button, you should tick “Save button with PayPal” in Step 2 of the button creation tool. Then you should get two tabs in the results: Website containing the HTML button and Email containing a simple link that could be pasted into an email. You should be able to use the simple Email link in your application.