Extending the Account Management Features

The account management features for the International Retail Site are designed to be extensible by developers. The following controls are used to manage this data:

• WelcomeUser
• Navigation
• MyAccount
• NewAccount
• AddressView
• Addressedit
• CountrySelector
• CreditCardList
• CreditCardSelector
• CreditCardEdit

These controls manage account data that is stored and modeled by the Profiling System. (Microsoft.CommerceServer.Runtime.Profiles).

Programmer access to the data is provided through the Profile class.

Programmer access to the schema is provided through the ProfileService class.

The user interface changes to conform to the schema. The user interface reflects the correct number of properties, property names, data type, and length even if the schema is changed, supporting the flexibility and extensibility of the user interface.

Notes

• All account data is stored in Unicode format to facilitate multilanguage processing and display.
• The OLE DB Provider for Commerce Server can handle bulk loading of profile data, and it can consume external third-party data sources to expose the data sources as additional profile objects.
• The site schema is compatible with the Retail Solution Site schema to facilitate migration and maintain continuity.
• Users are allowed to delete their profile data (but they may not delete their order data). If users delete their profile data, all associated user address and credit card data are also deleted.

See Also

Using the Account Management Features

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