Documentation

If you are writing order processing components, you should start by reading “The Order Processing Pipeline,” to get a good overview of the order processing pipeline and its components. In addition, the SDK documentation contains the following sections:

• “Commerce Server SDK” (this document). An introduction to the SDK and its contents.
• Creating Custom Components. How to write your own OPP or CIP component.
• Commerce Server Interfaces. A reference section for the C++ COM interfaces and methods that you can use to write a custom component in C++.
• “MinMaxShip C++ COM Component Sample.” A tutorial that guides you through the creation of a C++ COM order processing component, referencing sample files shipped with Commerce Server.
• “Buy Now Overview.” How to use the Buy Now control in your store.

Wallet Controls

The following documents in the SDK contain information about building custom Wallet extensions:

• “Wallet Controls Overview.” An overview of the Microsoft Wallet components.
• “Scripting the Microsoft Wallet Controls.” Information on how to use the Wallet controls on a Web page.
• “Payment Selector Interfaces.” Information on how to extend the payment options in the Microsoft Wallet to include branded credit cards and other payment types.
• “Address Selector Interfaces.” Information on how to extract the values entered by the shopper in the Address Selector control.
• “Sample Client Payment Component.” How to build a client payment component that plugs into the Wallet.
• “Sample Other Card Component.” How to build a custom credit card (Other Card) that plugs into the Wallet.
• “Payment Builder Interface.” Information on interfaces that allow third-party encryption and payment instruction (PI) building methods to plug into the Credit Card client payment component (CPC) in the Wallet.
• “Webmaster Kit Overview.” An introduction to the Microsoft Wallet Webmaster Kit, which includes tools for embedding the Wallet controls on a Web page.