Order Processing Objects

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Business process objects provide the ability to manage baskets, templates, and submitted orders. Typical management functions include order creation, database order storage, and database order searches.

The Order Processing Programming Concepts topic describes concepts related to programming with the various objects that are concerned with business processing.

Objects

Visual Basic reference C++ invocation Description
Auction Auction Provides methods for supporting auctions.
OrderForm OrderForm Provides in-memory storage of user and purchase information.
OrderGroup OrderGroup Allows management of complex orders, such as those containing items from different suppliers, and multiple shipments.
OrderGroupManager OrderGroupManager Provides methods to manage OrderGroup and OrderForm objects.
Shipping Shipping Creates shipping cost preview information.
ShippingMethodManager ShippingMethodManager Allows management of multiple shipping methods.
SimpleFindResultInfo SimpleFindResultInfo Allows the specification of search criteria when using the OrderGroup and OrderGroupManager objects.
SimpleFindSearchInfo SimpleFindSearchInfo Allows the specification of search criteria when performing search and delete operations by using the OrderGroup and OrderGroupManager objects.

Examples

Example Description
Code to Create an Order Describes how to create an order, instantiating and initializing the required objects.
Code to Add Address and Line Item Information to an Order Describes how to create line items in an order and view the contents of the order.
Code to Save an Order to the Database Describes how to save an order with a Template status to the database.
Code to Search for an Order and Display Line Item Information Describes how to search the database for an order by using the SimpleFindSearchInfo and SimpleFindResultInfo objects.

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