[ic] Settling AuthorizeNet (old Mike Heins post)

Gary Norton interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Thu Dec 5 18:46:00 2002


At 02:51 PM 12/5/2002 Thursday, you wrote:
>On Wed Oct 16 17:05:01 2002  Mike Heins wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>Is anyone actually using the "settle" type? I hesitate to remap it,
>but I am doing an improved order_status.html page which will optionally
>capture transactions previously done with AUTH_ONLY. I would like it
>to be payment-gateway independent, and cannot use "PRIOR_AUTH_CAPTURE"
>as the mode for that reason. My only other alternative is to create yet
>another mode, i.e. "settle_prior", and then update all payment modules
>to accept that (and map it to their own probably-properly-mapped settle
>mode).
>
>[/snip]
>
>I came across this post that was from a couple of months ago
>and was surprised no one replied to it.
>
>I am just now setting up AuthorizeNet for the first time, so I am
>not really sure of what I am doing.  However, I WAS planning
>on using this very feature, that is, performing an AUTH_ONLY
>immediately upon the entry of an order, and then in the UI having
>some sort of link, button, or tied in with the status, performing the
>capture when the order is ready to be shipped.
>
>I don't know about everyone else, but I for one would love for
>some more work to be done in this area, since my experience in
>this matter is quite limited.
>
>This is a definite go for me, so Mike, if need be, contact me about
>even consulting with you to get this completed then it can get
>implemented for everyone.

We have the "Settle" method implemented in 3 different catalogs running 
4.9.4 right now and have not had any problems.

- Gary