| affallowaffiliatesrevieworders |
| Allow affiliates to review orders placed with their affiliate number. |
| affallowlinkreport |
| Yes allows the affiliate to review links by date |
| affcommissioncategories |
|
A set of categories and their commission values. Examples:
1,2,3,6=.20;4,5=.10 This means categories 1,2,3 and 6 have a commission rate of 20% and categories 4 and 5 have a commission rate of 10% |
| affcommissioncategory |
| Yes means that the affiliate commission is based on the main product category |
| affcommissionincludesallorders |
|
If Yes, calculates affiliate commission all orders. If No, calculates commission only on "Processed". |
| affcommissionincludesshipping |
| If set to Yes, commission will include shipping amounts. |
| affcommissionproduct |
| Yes means that the affiliate commission is based on the main product. The commission is stored in the product field AffCommissionproductfield |
| affcommissionproductfield |
| The field name in the products table to find the affiliate commission value when using commission by product. |
| affcommissionrate |
| Commission rate default for affiliates. |
| affdirecturl |
| Default page on your site that the customer will be directed to. You can alter this on an individual basis using normal administrative facilities. |
| affinfourl |
| A page on your web site where you supply more information about your affiliate program. This page needs to be created by you, it is not supplied. |
| affmastercommissionrate |
| A number such as .05, which represents the higher level affiliate commission rate. |
| affmultilevel |
| Yes means that the two tier commission is to be used |
| affpaymenttypes |
| When an affiliate registers, these are the payment types displayed. |
| ffsubject |
| The name of your site. It is used on mail to affiliate . |
| afftemplateaffiliate |
| tmp_affiliate.txt is used as the mailing template for the affiliate on registration. |
| afftemplatemerchant |
| tmp_affmerchant.txt. Used as the mailing template for the merchant to be notified on a new registration. |
| affwebsite |
| Location of your VP-ASP web site. This will be used to generate a URL to be given to the affiliate to link to shopaff.asp. Shopaff.asp is the file the affiliate links back to your site to associate a customer order with an affiliate |
| xaddcatalogid |
| Whether to automatically add the catalogid to an extended description hyperlink. Required for automatic generation of extended description pages. Always specify Yes unless there is a specific reason for No |
| xaddproductsubcategorybycategory |
|
Compatibility with previous releases only. Not used in VP-ASP 5.0. If Yes, then when products are added or changed in the administration section, only the subcategories for the category are displayed. |
| xaddproductsupplierdropdown |
| Yes means that when adding products, the supplier names are listed in a dropdown list in the add product page. |
| xadminmenucheck |
| This is an enhanced security feature. If Yes, each menu used is checked against the list of menus available to that administrative userid. |
| xadminpage |
| The name of the shopadmin.asp page. For enhanced security you may want to rename shopadmin.asp. If you rename the physical file, alter this configuration value to match. |
| xadminrestrictproducts |
| Support restricted administrators. Restricted administrators can only alter or change products that they have added. |
| xaffiliatedb |
| Location of affiliates table. Default is in the same database as products. Can only be used with Access databases. If you create a separate database, copy the affiliates table to that database. |
| xaffiliateusecookies |
| To store a cookie on the customer's PC when using the affiliate interface. If the customer comes back and purchases, the affiliate will be associated with the order. This increases affiliate orders. |
| xallowcoupons |
| Allow discount coupons. Coupons are created by the merchant and can be use and date limited. |
| xallowcreditcards |
| During checkout, should credit cards be allowed as a payment option. |
| xallowcustomerregister |
| Yes allows the customer to register without purchasing anything. A menu item appears in the customer service area. |
| xallowcustomerupdates |
| Allows the customer to update their details when they login and purchase something on your site |
| xallowdecimalquantity |
| Allows the quantity field to be other than a whole number. Because of the way the Internet treats commas, it may not be possible to use this feature when commas are used as decimal points. |
| xallowinvalidcards |
| Yes allows you to enter invalid credit card numbers. This bypasses the basic credit card validation. |
| xallowmaillist |
| Allow customers to change their address details. Customers can change their details during checkout or from the Customer Services menu. |
| xalloworderreview |
| Yes allows the customer to login and review previous orders |
| xallowotherpayments |
| If set to Yes, VP-ASP will prompt for non credit card payments. These other types can be changed by altering. Other Payment Types |
| xallowratingproducts |
| Allow customers to rate individual products. See also xallowratingsummary, xratingauthorize |
| xallowratingsummary |
| Display summary of ratings when displaying a product. Applies only to VP-ASP default shop product displays. |
| xallowrestoreorder |
| Allow customer to restore previous orders back into the shopping cart from a previous order. |
| xallowrevieworders |
| Allow customers to review previous orders. |
| xallowsavecart |
| Allow customers to save their carts as a cookie on their on their own personal computer. |
| xallowsubsubcategories |
| Compatibility mode only. Not used in VP-ASP 4.0 Allow up to 5 levels of categories and subcategories. By default, in compatibility mode there is only a category level and a subcategory level. In normal VP-ASP 4.0 there are no restrictions. |
| xallowsupplierlogin |
| If Yes, Suppliers can log into the administrative system with their supplier userid |
| xallowsupplierregister |
| Allow suppliers to register through the customer service form. |
| xautoloadconfiguration |
| Yes automatically reloads the in memory shop configuration values anytime a change is made to the shop configuration. |
| xbillemail |
| When using the recurring billing add-on, this is the e-mail address the bill appears to come from |
| emailname |
| When using recurring billing add-on, this the name from which any e-mails come from |
| billemailsubject |
| When using the recurring billing add-on, the is the subject of the e-mail sent to the customer |
| xbilling |
| Yes turns on the recurring Billing System. This is a separate VP-ASP product. |
| xbilltemplate |
| Template used to generate billing e-mails |
| xbuttonaddressadd |
| Image to be used to add a gift delivery address. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttonaddresschange |
| Image to be used to change a gift delivery address. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttoncancel |
| Image to be used to cancel the order. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttoncheckout |
| Image to be used to start checkout during shopping. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttoncontinue |
| Image to be used to CONTINUE on many different forms. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttoncontinueshopping |
| The button used to continue shopping on the shopaddtocart.asp page |
| xbuttonimage |
| If you want an image instead of an order button on product display put the gif or jpg here. If using xProductSelect=Yes then no button is displayed. |
| xbuttonlogin |
| Image to be used on various forms for a login. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttonmoreinfo |
| Image to be used on product display to hyperlink to extended description. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttonnextpage |
| When displaying products this is image used to display next page |
| xbuttonorderproduct |
| Image to be used on product display when using multiple product selection. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttonpreviouspage |
| When displaying products, this is the image used to display previous page |
| xbuttonreadreview |
| The is the product read a review image |
| xbuttonrecalculate |
| Image to be used on cart display to recalculate items in the cart. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttonremove |
| Image to be used to remove an item from the cart. If none is specified a checkbox does the same function. |
| xbuttonreset |
| Image to be used on various forms for the reset function. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttonsearch |
| Image to be used on search form. If none is specified, text is displayed. |
| xbuttontellafriend |
| This is the image used to display tell a friend |
| xbuttontext |
| If you want a different word than order appearing on a button then put the words here. xbuttonimage and xbuttontext are mutually exclusive. |
| xbuttonwritereview |
| This is the image used for write a product review |
| xbypasscreateorderpage |
| Yes means that the page shopcreateorder.asp is bypassed. The customer will not see the full price including, shipping, handling, taxes, discounts if this page is bypassed |
| xcardissuenumber |
| On checkout, ask the customer issue number used in Solo and Delta cards. |
| xcartfields |
|
A list of fields from the products table that will appear in the shopping
basket. Anything in the basket will also be included in invoices and e-mails.
For example to add the product code (ccode) to the basket set
ccode,cname,cdescription |
| xcartimage |
| Yes places the product image into the cart. This is not carried forward to the final order. It only appears in the cart during the buying process. |
| xcartremovechecked |
| When viewing the cart the remove button is checked or unchecked. For compatibility with previous releases. |
| xcartstaticquantity |
| Yes means that the customer cannot alter the quantity once the product is added to the shopping cart |
| xcategoriessimple |
| Yes means that VP-ASP should not use the prodcategories table when searching for products. This can speed up searches for very large databases but it also means that products can only be in one category and one subcategory. |
| xcategorydisplaytemplate |
| The template used to format categories |
| xcategorydisplaytext |
| When categories are displayed, any data in the catmemo field is displayed under the category name and image |
| xcategoryproductsonly |
| When displaying categories, do not generate the words "products" and "subcategories" underneath the category image |
| xcategoryproducttemplates |
| Yes means to use the category template for formatting products associated with this category. This causes slightly more overhead. Templates cannot be mixed so a search for example, ignores this setting. |
| xcategoryusetemplate |
| Yes means to use templates when formatting categories |
| xcatmaxcolumns |
| A number representing the number of categories per column |
| xcheckexistingcustomer |
| When adding a new customer during checkout, check that the customer does not already exist |
| xcheckmaillist |
| When doing mailing from the administration area, send mail to only those customers who have checked the join mailing list check box. If set to No, mail will go to all customers selected. |
| xcheckout |
|
Specify a particular electronic payment add-on here. The default is to use standard VP-ASP shopcheckout.asp If you have a VP-ASP electronic payment add-on for example,
Eway, then xcheckout=ewayshopcheckout.asp |
| xcheckstocklevel |
| Whether VP-ASP is to compare the stock level against the quantity ordered. VP-ASP will display a warning and not allow an order for more than is in stock. |
| xcontactform |
| Yes allows the customer to use the contact us form |
| xcontinueshopping |
| The location of the page to return to continue shopping after the customer has added an item to the cart. Default is shopdisplaycategories.asp |
| xcontinueshoppingdynamic |
| Yes means that VP-ASP will try to go back to the exact page that was being used when the continue shopping button is used when viewing the shopping cart |
| xconverteuropeannumbers |
| Under certain circumstances European numbers with a comma (,) for decimal store incorrectly. If this occurs, the symptoms are usually the shipping amount multiplied by 10. To Fix this, set Yes . |
| xcookielogin |
| If Yes, VP-ASP will remember who the customer is by setting a cookie on their PC. This will remove the need for the customer to login. |
| xcountryrequired |
| If set to Yes, the country field will be required. |
| xcreditcardimages |
| A list of images to be used for displaying on page shopcheckout.asp |
| xcreditcardtypes |
| A list of credit cards that should be displayed as payment types: For example: Visa, MasterCard, American Express |
| xcrosslinkurl |
| When using cross selling, the file to link to display the associated products. If you have the Option Package change to shopexd.asp. |
| xcrossselling |
| If Yes, VP-ASP will display associated products when products are displayed. The crossselling field in the product record must be filled in. |
| xcurrencybase |
| The abbreviation to be used when linking to the currency conversion service |
| xcurrencylink |
| Yes means to provide a link in the minicart to a free currency conversion service. |
| xcurrencysymbol |
| If the currency symbol is not available through an LCID, you can supply one here. Any valid text can be used. This can be used to display Euro symbol € for example. |
| xcustomerdb |
| The name of an access database or ODBC connection to hold customer information. If null customer information is stored in the same database as products. Customer database needs only the Customers Table. |
| xcustomeremail |
|
tmp_customeremail.txt This is the template file to be used to send and e-mail confirmation to the customer |
| xcustomermaxotherfields |
| Normally do not change. The maximum number of additional fields to be added to the customer form. |
| xcustomerothercaptions |
|
When using xcustomerotherfields, these are captions to be displayed for each
field.
Example |
| xcustomerotherfields |
|
List of customer fields to be added to the standard customer form
automatically. Fieldnames need to be added to the customers table by you.
The fieldnames cannot have spaces in them. The captions for these must also be specified. See xcustomerothercaptions.
Example AccountNo,Drivers |
| xcustomerotherbypass |
| List of customer fieldnames to be excluded from automatic display. Fields would need to be added to the customer form manually. VP-ASP will do the rest and store the data in the customers and orders tables. This allows addition of dropdown lists, radio buttons which are not supported by xcustomerotherfields. The names must still appear in the xcustomerotherfields. |
| xcustomerotherfieldsinorder |
| Yes tells VP-ASP to store the extra customer fields in the orders table as well as the customers table |
| xcustomerotherrequired |
| If using xcustomerotherfields, then this lists those field names that the customer MUST fill in. If none are specified, the extra fields are optional. |
| xcustomerpricefields |
|
Used only when customer
based pricing is used. It lists the field in the products table to
be used for a particular customer type. For example cprice,retailprice,pother3 |
| xcustomerpriceidentifier |
| Used only when customer based pricing is used. Tells VP-ASP which field in the customer record, identifies the type of customer. Default contacttypeid which is a numeric field. |
| xcustomerprices |
| Yes means apply customer base pricing using the customerprices table. Extra overhead is incurred in using this feature. |
| xcustomerpricetypes |
|
Used only when customer
based pricing is used. It lists each customer type and is related to
which field in the products table to be used to find the correct
price field.
For example |
| xcustomeruserid |
| Yes means that the customer can select their own userid for logging in. Must be used with xpassword. |
| xcvndisplay |
| If Yes, the customer is prompted for the Card Verification Number. This is a three or four digit code that is printed on the back of a credit card. |
| xcvnrequired |
| Used in conjunction with xcvndisplay. This makes the CVN (card verification number), required. |
| xdateformat |
|
The date format for order
display and e-mail is determined by specifying a formatting string. Some
examples are:
d/m/y=14/12/01 valid values are d for a digit, dd
for a day of the week and day separators can be blank, period(.), dash(-), or slash(/) |
| xdebug |
| Use only under request of Virtual Programming. Will display debugging information on many pages of the shop. |
| xdecimalpoint |
| Number of decimal points in currency. |
| xdefaultcountry |
| The country abbreviation to force a default country when using xinclude countries. |
| xdefaultshippingmethod |
|
If Yes, a default shipping method is displayed. This allows for
quicker checkout. If No, then the customer must select a shipping method from the list supplied. |
| xdeliveryaddress |
| Whether customer can provide delivery address details per product. |
| xdeliveryrequired |
| If no delivery address is supplied, the customer is prompted to supply one before being allowed to complete the checkout. |
| xdeliveryshipping |
| Calculate shipping separately for each gift item. |
| xdiscountamount and xdiscountlimit |
|
This a percentage separated by
comma for each amount in xdiscountlimit field. If you wanted to give a
discount of 10% on orders over $100 and 15% on orders over $500 set. For
European countries using a comma as a decimal point, separate the
fields with a semicolon(;)
.10,.15 in xdiscountamount 100,500 in xdiscountlimit |
| xdisplaycategoryimages |
| If Yes, the category image is displayed on the top of the page that displays the products. This will add slight overhead to product displays. |
| xdisplayoriginalprice |
| If using customer based pricing or quantity pricing, the orginal price can be displayed. |
| xdisplayprices |
| If No, then no prices are displayed when products are displayed. See also xproductcatalogonly. |
| xdownloadblock |
| Yes disables the use of the secure download facility |
| xdownloadlimitcount |
| A number that is the limit of the number of times a person can download aproduct. Applies only the secure download facility |
| xdownloadlimitdays |
| A number of days from the date of the order for which downalods will be allowed. Applies only to the secure download facility |
| xdownloads |
| Yes enables the Secure Download facility |
| xdownloadtempdirectory |
| A folder name used for staging temporary files. Used only by secure download facility. |
| xdualconversionrate |
| The conversion rate to be used to convert the price of the product to the dual price. This number is multiplied by the price to obtain the dual price. |
| xdualprice |
| If Yes, VP-ASP will display prices in two columns. The normal price and an alternative or dual price. |
| xdualpricefield |
| When displaying dual prices, it is possible to bypass the conversion and display the second price from a field in the products table |
| xeditdisplaymaxrecords |
| A number which represents the number of rows displayed for many administrative reports. |
| xemail |
| After an order has been completed, who should be notified. This is the email address of that person. |
| xemailcustomer |
| Yes means mail the customer at the end of an order |
| xemailformat |
| Values can be Text or Html. This determines the mailing format. HTML can be used only with the VP-ASP Option Package. |
| xemaillist |
| If you want to e-mail to other people to receive confirmations on order completion. A sample tmp_emaillist.txt is supplied. This is part of the Option Package. |
| xemailmerchant |
| Yes means mail the merchant at the end of an order |
| xemailname |
| The name of your shop. Used on e-mails to the customer as the name of the sender. |
| xemailremovehtml |
| When uses text based mailing, VP-ASP attempts to remove HTML formatting to make the e-mail message look correct |
| xemailsubject |
| This is simply the subject when the customer gets an e-mail confirmation. |
| xemailsystem |
| This is the name of the mail service on your ISP. Your ISP will need to let you know what this is. It normally will start with mail... or smtp.... There is no standard name. You must ask your NT administrator or Web hosting company. If not set correctly , emails will not be sent. |
| xemailtype |
|
The type of e-mail interface program to use. VP-ASP supports ASPMAIL, CDONTS,
ASPEMAIL, OCXMAIL and JMAIL. VP-ASP does not write to your mail system directly. It needs
an interface and these are the most common ones. See http://www.vpasp.com/virtprog/info/faq_email.htm for more details. |
| xemailwithtemplates |
| Yes turns on mailing with templates. Requires the VP-ASP Option Package |
| xencryptcreditcard |
| If you want credit card information encrypted in the database set to Yes. |
| xencryptkey |
| Any string of characters to be used for encryption of the credit cart. If you change the string after you start storing credit card details, you will not be able to read the credit card information. |
| xendoforderattachmentfield |
| The field in the products table to be used to determine if an attachment is to be added to the e-mail sent to the customer. Default is orderattachment. |
| xendoforderattachments |
| If Yes, VP-ASP will try to add attachments to the e-mail sent to the customer. The products table is used to determine if an attachment is to be added to the e-mail sent to the customer. |
| xendoforderhyperlinkfield |
| The field in the products table to be used to determine if an attachment is to be added to the e-mail sent to the customer. Default is orderdownload. |
| xendoforderhyperlinks |
| If Yes, VP-ASP will try to add download hyperlink to the final customer order completion form. The products table is used to determine if a hyperlink is displayed. Default field is orderdownload. |
| xendofordervalidpayments |
| When generating hyperlinks or attachments, this list of valid payments are searched. If the payment method does not match one on this list, the hyperlink or attachment is not performed. List such as: Authorizenet,Visa |
| xenvironment |
| The operating environment. Only two values are currently supported: NT for Windows and Chillisoft for Unix. |
| xextendedpopup |
| Yes allows the extended description image or page to be pop-up as a separate Window |
| xfeaturesort |
| The field in the features table used to sort the product features |
| xfeaturesrequired |
| If product features must be selected by the customer, then set the value to Yes. VP-ASP also supports individual features required. This is set in the prodfeatures table. |
| xfeatureweight |
| Yes means to include the feature weight in shipping calculations |
| xfixedshippingcost |
| If used the fixed shipping method, this is the cost of the shipping |
| xfixedshippingmethod |
| This is the name of your shipping method. Use |
| xfont |
| Basic font for error messages and general information. |
| xframes |
| See Frames section of the Design Guide, before changing this value. Not all frames environments require a setting of Yes. |
| xfrontpagefield |
| The field in the products table to be used to find the products to display |
| xfrontpagemaxcolumns |
| The number of columns to display on the home page |
| xfrontpagemaxrecords |
| The maximum number of records to display on the home page |
| xfrontpagevalue |
| The value to be used when reading the products table to determine which records to display. If the name random is used then the products are obtained randomly. |
| xgenerateshopexdlink |
| Yes tells VP-ASP should to generate a hyperlink to shopexd.asp when a product is displayed. This removes the need to enter a value in each product record. Requires VP-ASP Option Package. |
| xgeneratesku |
| Set Yes for VP-ASP to generate an SKU value based on combining fields in the products table and the product features selected. |
| xgiftautoenable |
|
Yes tells VP-ASP
to enable gift certificates immediately. This should only be set if you are confident of your payment system. No means that you must manually update the gift certificate to tell VP-ASP it is authorized. |
| xgiftcertificates |
| If set to Yes, VP-ASP will allow gift certificates to be purchased and redeemed. |
| xgiftexpirydays |
| The number of days before a gift certificate expires. |
| xgiftlimit |
| The maximum amount per gift certificate. |
| xgiftprefix |
| The prefix to be added to the unique gift certificate number. |
| xgiftproductid |
| A number which represents an imaginary catalogid for a gift certificate. This allows VP-ASP to distinguish gift certificates from real products. |
| xgiftregistry |
| Yes turns on the Gift Registry. The Gift Registry is a separate VP-ASP product. |
| xgifttemplate |
| The mailing template file used to send to the person receiving the gift certificate. |
| xhackercheck |
| Yes Values in the hackers table are used to stop certain people from shopping |
| xhandlingprice |
| A number to be used as the handling cost. If a complex algorithm is required, you must modify shophandling.asp |
| xhome |
| The URL to return to your main page. It can be a full URL such as http:.. or just a file name such as default.htm. |
| xhome1 |
| Used only in a frames environment to return back to main page containing the frameset. |
| xhtmleditor |
| Yes allow HTML edit of certain fields. Requires install of the HTML editor free add-on |
| ximportmatchfield |
| The field name in the products table to used as a match when using shopimport to import product records. |
| xincludecountries |
| If Yes, a drop down list of countries is added to the customer form. |
| xincludeoidonlink |
| Yes includes the oid on the link to shopcheckout.asp |
| xincludestates |
| If Yes, a drop down list of US States and Canadian Provinces is added to the customer form. |
| xkeepcanceleditems |
| If Yes, this option can keep the items in the oitems table. Yes can only be used if you are keeping cancelled orders. |
| xkeepcanceledorders |
| By default VP-ASP deletes the order if it is cancelled. You can keep them in the database by specifying Yes. |
| xlanguage |
| Default Language. Primarily used only with the Option Package language switch feature. |
| xlcid |
| The local system identifier for currency and date formats. For example 1036 for French. This determines currency symbol and date formats. |
| xlicenseagreement |
| Yes forces the customer to check a box that they have read the license agreement |
| xlicenseurl |
| The file or URL of your license agreement |
| xlistallorders |
| Yes When displaying orders in the admin section, a link can be generated that when used will display all unprocessed orders |
| xlogonrequired |
| The shop is available to everyone. Set to Yes, the shop is restricted to customers who login or provide their details before they can shop. |
| xmaillistauthorize |
| Yes means that the customer must respond to an e-mail after they add themselves to the mailing list. Ths is also known as Opt-in mailing |
| xmaillistcheckbox |
| If Yes, generate a checkbox on the customer form. |
| xmaillisttable |
| The table where people joining the mailing list are stored. Default is the standard customers table. |
| xmaillisttomerchant |
| If Yes, the merchant is notified if a person joins the mailing list. |
| xmailtosuppliers |
| Yes at the end of an order, mail is sent to each supplier whose products have been ordered |
| xmaxcartitems |
| Maximum number of items allowed in the shopping basket. |
| xmaxcategories |
| A limit of the number of categories. |
| xmaxfeaturecaptions |
| The maximum number of different features |
| xmaxfeatures |
| The number of features allowed per product. Default is 4. Can be set to any reasonable number. |
| xmaximumorder |
| The minimum order amount. If the order is less than this, the customer is prompted to order more. |
| xmaxproductoptions |
| Unused |
| xmaxsavedcarts |
| The maximum number of saved carts. The number applis to acrts saved permanently on the server or as cookies |
| xmaxsubcategories |
| Unused |
| xmerchantemail |
| This is the template file to be used to send and e-mail confirmation to the merchant. |
| xmerchantshipzip |
| Zip code used for some add-ons for VP-ASP such as UPS, USPS and FedEX |
| xminimumorder |
| The minimum order amount. If the order is less than this, the customer is prompted to order more. |
| xmysite |
| Used for Tell A Friend. It represents the URL of your site. |
| xmysql |
| Yes means that you are using the MYSQL database |
| xnavigatecategories |
| Yes means to display the categories as a list for easy navigation. |
| xnavigateminicart |
| Yes means to display the minicart |
| xoitemstemplate |
| tmp_oitems.txt The template used to format the order items if using mailing by templates |
| xoldcategorymode |
| Unused |
| xorderdb |
| The name of an access database or ODBC connection to hold order information. If null order information is stored in the same database as products the orders database needs three tables: orders, oitems and mycompany. |
| xorderpending |
| Yes displays a set of status values for an order that can be set and search for |
| xorderpendingvalues |
| A list of values used to set the status of an order |
| xorderstatus |
|
List of possible order
status values. Used to allow quick updated of the order status. Used
only if you have order tracking enabled.
For example Being Shipped,Back Order,See tracking message |
| xotherdatabases |
| Used with xothertables. It lists the database names in which those tables can be found. If left empty, then the other tables are assumed to be in the same database as the products. |
| xotherpaymenttypes |
| A list of non credit card payment types. For example: Cash, Phone, Fax |
| xothertables |
| A list of tables to be added to the standard VP-ASP tables. This allows the administrator to edit and display these tables using VP-ASP facilities. |
| xoutofstocklimit |
| Level at which out of stock message is displayed. For example 2. When stock reaches 2, the out of stock message is displayed. The message is defined in the language file Langoutofstock |
| xpassword |
| If Yes, allow user to set own password and use on login. No assumes e-mail address can be used for login. |
| xpasswordlastname |
| For compatibility with 2.45 set to Yes. |
| xpaymenturl |
| Used with some electronic gateway add-ons. Use only if the readme that comes with the gateway code requires something. |
| xpincustomertemplate |
| TRhe template used to send Pin number e-mail. Used only if you have the Pin Number add-on. |
| xpinnumber |
| Yes turns on Pin Number mailing. Pin Numbers are a separte VP-ASP product |
| xpinnumberlowlimit |
| A number used to determine when to notify the merchant when pin numbers become low |
| xpinproductmatch |
| When matching products to the pin number table, this is the field to be matched |
| xpinproducttemplate |
| Template used to create the pin number message to the customer |
| xpoints |
| Yes accumulate points for the customer when the buy in your shop |
| xpointsfield |
| The field in the products record where the point value is located |
| xpointsredeem |
| Unused |
| xprice0 |
| A message to be displayed in the product has a price of 0 |
| xprinterfriendlypage |
| Yes generates a hyperlink on the customer confirmation page to a printer friendly page |
| xproductaddsimplemode |
| If you have a basic shop and do not need all the fields in the products table, this causes the admin add products page to be greatly shortened |
| xproductcaptions |
| Used with xproductfields. These are the captions at the top of the product display in shopdisplayproducts |
| xproductcatalogonly |
| Yes turns VP-ASP into a catalog. Products are displayed but cannot be purchased |
| xproductcolumns |
| The number of products per column. Of more than 1 is specified VP-ASP switches to product displays using templates automatically |
| xproductdisplaysaving |
| Yes displays the "savings" the differen between the reatil price and the cprice fields |
| xproductdisplaytemplate |
| The template used when displaying products using a template. |
| xproductfields |
| A list of fields to be displayed in columns using normal VP-ASP product displays |
| xproductfiltering |
| Yes allows the customer to restore and filter products after they are displayed |
| xproductgroupdiscount |
| If Yes, VP-ASP will apply quantity discounts over a range of products. This does cause extra overhead and should only be set to Yes, if you are using this special discounting feature. |
| xproductlinktellafriend |
| Yes means to put out a hyperlink on standard product displays fo tell a friend |
| xproductmatch |
Used for a mini-mall
where multiple shops can share a common database. Only products match the
xproductmatch field in shop$config.asp will be displayed.
If set to Yes, then the products must match the xproductmatch
field.
|
| xproductmatchcustomer |
| Used to limit which products a specific customer can view. When a customer logs in their productgroup field is read. Only products that having a matching the customermatchfield in the products table are displayed. |
| xproductmaximumquantity |
| Limits the number of one product that can be purchased |
| xproductminimumlist |
| xA number that is used to generate the minimum quantity dropdown list when a value is in the minimumquantity field of the products table. |
| xproductminimumquantity |
| Yes means that VP-ASP will enforce the minimum quantity that is specified in the product minimum quantity field. If No, the VP-ASP will generate a drop downlist based on the values of the minimumquantity field in the products table. |
| xproductmulticategories |
| Unused |
| xproductothercaptions |
| In the administrative section, these are the captions to be used for non VP-ASP product fields. See also xproductotherfields. This is a list such as: Account Number, Section |
| xproductotherfields |
| This is a list of non VP-ASP fields to be displayed when a product is added to the products table. It is a list of field names. For example: accountno,section See also xproductothercaptions. |
| xproductpagingnextprevious |
| Yes replaces the navigation page numbers with a next and previous button |
| xproductquantitylimit |
| A number representing the maximum quantity allowed for any individual product. |
| xproductselect |
| Yes allows customers to purchase multiple products from one page. If set to No, am order button replaces the checkbox. |
| xproductsperpage |
| A number of products to be displayed on one page |
| xproductstayonpage |
| If Yes, when a product is ordered from the shopdisplayproducts page, the current page remains showing. If you are using the mini-cart display, that display will be automatically updated to show what is in the cart. |
| xproducttemplate |
| Used with the Option Package as the HTML template to be used when generating extended description page for a product. |
| xproductwithhtml |
| If Yes, the normal product formatting is replaced by template formatting. A sample template is supplied as tmp_productformat.htm. You can modify this file to suit your special product formatting requirements. |
| xprojectcatalogid |
| When using project payments this is the catalogid stored with the order |
| xprojectdb |
| The projects table can be in its own database. This is the name of that database. You must create it yourself using Microsoft Access. |
| xprojecttemplate |
| The name of the template to be used if you want to mail project records to customers. It is not automatically used by VP-ASP and is provided as a sample only. |
| xprojectupdate |
| Yes tells VP-ASP to automatically update the project record when payment is received. |
| xpromptforcountry |
| If Yes, country field is displayed in the customer form. |
| xpromptforlogin |
| If Yes, customers can login to restore their customer details. |
| xpromptforoptional |
| If Yes, a number of additional fields are displayed on the customer form. |
| xpromptforstate |
| If Yes, the state is displayed on the customer form. |
| xquantityprices |
| If Yes, then the prices can be varied using the quantity prices table. This adds extra overhead and therefore should not be used unless you have read the design guide on quantity based pricing. |
| xratingauthorize |
| Yes means that the merchant must manually authorize product reviews. If set to No, the reviews are automatically displayed. |
| xratingmailtomerchant |
| If Yes, the merchant is e-mailed each time a customer reviews a product. |
| xratingproducthyperlink |
| If Yes, then VP-ASP can automatically generate a hyperlink to "write a review" or "read reviews". |
| xratingtemplate |
| The mailing template used to send to the merchant. See xratingmailtomerchant. |
| xrestrictadmintables |
| The mailing template used to send to the merchant. See xratingmailtomerchant. |
| xrestrictedtoexisting |
| For closed shops, this removes the ability for new customers to register. They must already be in the customers table. |
| xsearchcapture |
| If Yes, enable search term recording. This records what keywords and categories customers are being used by customers to do a search. |
| xsearchdb |
| Location of search results table. The default is the current database containing products. |
| xsearchdisplaycategories |
| If Yes, the categories are displayed in the normal search form. |
| xsearchdisplaysubcat |
| If Yes, the subcategories to one level down are displayed in the search form. You cannot display subcategories without displaying categories. |
| xsearchfields |
| List of field names from the products table that should be searched when doing a search. |
| xsearchsortcaptions |
| The captions to be displayed for each field in xsearchsortfields |
| xsearchsortfields |
| List of field for which a product search can be sorted. |
| xselectproductsbylanguage |
| An Advanced feature when using language switch. It causes products to be selected by the language field in the products record. |
| xsessiontimeout |
| The time in minutes before session variables expire. Do not set a time more than 20 or it may affect overall system performance. |
| xshippingalternate |
| Unused |
| xshippingcalc |
| Determines how shipping is calculated. Default is to Lookup value in shipmethods table and display it. See shopShippingCalc section for other values. There are many different options available and you can add unique shipping calculations. Other values can be: Quantity, Pricerange, weightrange, Weight, Fixed, Other, Quantityrange. Other is used for add-ons such as UPS, Fedex, Australia Post and Canadian Post. |
| xshippingdatabaserecords |
| If set to No, shipping records are not displayed as a drop down list. |
| xshippingform |
| If set to No, no shipping form is displayed. |
| xshippingfree |
| A product purchase value. If a customer purchases this amount or more, shipping is free regardless of the shipping method chosen |
| xshippingothercaptions |
| Captions used when displaying shippingotherfields |
| xshippingotherfields |
| A list a fields to be listed to the shipping form . You must manually add the fields to the orders table for these to be displayed properly. |
| xshippingotherrequired |
| When using shipping other fields, this is a list of field names that are required |
| xshippingsetfields |
| Yes means that all unfilled in fields in the shipping form are filled in from the customer details |
| xshippingundercustomer |
| If Yes, the normal VP-ASP display of the shipping information to the right of the customer information is replaced by customer information followed by shipping information in the same column |
| xshopclosed |
| If Yes, no database activity will be allowed outside the administration area. Otherwise your site is not affected. HTML can still be viewed. Customers will not be able to view or order products. |
| xshowadmin |
| If an error occurs do you want the name shopadmin.asp to be displayed. If no, the general error message page will be displayed. This is an enhanced security measure against hackers. Recommended setting is No |
| xsortcategories |
| The sort fields used for categories display. These are fields in the categories table. |
| xsortproducts |
| The sort fields used for products display. are fields in the products table. |
| xsortsubcategories |
| Unused |
| xssl |
| This is your secure URL to which credit card information is encrypted. In many cases it is simply your own URL with an s added to HTTP. If you are unsure, check with your ISP. For testing on Personal Web Server leave empty. |
| xstaterequired |
| If Yes, the state is a required field on customer forms. |
| xstatichtmldirectory |
| When generating static HTML, the default directory. This must be a writeable directory |
| xstatichtmlindexfile |
| The name of the product index file generated when using static HTML generation |
| xstatichtmltemplate |
| The template used in static HTML generation |
| xstockcontrol |
| Change to Yes if VP-ASP is to decrease stock numbers on order completion |
| xstocklow |
|
If null, then VP-ASP displays all products. If set to a number xstocklow=5 then the stock level must be greater than this number for the product to be displayed. See also xoutofstocklimit for display out of stock messages. |
| xsubcatmaxcolumns |
| Unused |
| xsupplieremail |
| Template used when e-mail suppliers at the end of an order |
| xsuppliermailregistration |
| Yes. Send an e-mail to the supplier on registering |
| xsupplierregistermerchant |
| Template used to send to merchant on registering. Requires the Option Package |
| xsupplierregistertemplate |
| Tempalte used to send to supplier on registering. Requires the Option Package |
| xtaxbyproduct |
| Leave empty if tax is not to be applied by product. Otherwise fill in the field name where the actual tax amount is located in the product record. For example you may decide to use the pother5 field for the tax amount, then fill in this field with pother5. |
| xtaxcountryname |
| List of countries where tax should be automatically calculated. US customers should use xtaxstatename. This is primarily for European VP-ASP users who need tax or VAT calculated for certain countries. |
| xtaxcountryrates |
| Number represents the tax rates listed in xtaxcountryname. They should be in the form: .175,.16,.145 |
| xtaxeu |
| Yes uses the taxeucountries and taxeurate for calculating EU VAT |
| xtaxeucountries |
| List of countries where tax should be automatically calculated. US customers should use xtaxstatename. This is primarily for European VP-ASP users who need tax or VAT calculated for certain countries. |
| xtaxeurate |
| VAT rate for taxeucountries |
| xtaxexcludeproducts |
| A list of catalogids for which tax is excluded |
| xtaxincludedinprice |
| Yes means that tax is included in price. Because this involves a different tax calculation, file shoptax may need to me modified to calculate the exact value |
| xtaxstatename |
| A list of states where tax should be applied. For example NY,NJ,CA . This is used for VP-ASP to automatically calculate the tax. Field xtaxstaterates must also be filled in. |
| xtaxstaterates |
| Number represent the tax rates listed in xtaxstatename. They should be in the form: .075,.06,.045 |
| xtimedifference |
| If your web hosting company is in a different time zone, VP-ASP can automatically add or subtract hours to have the order date and time appear as local time. Example: 10 means add 10 hours to the host's time. |
| xtracking |
| Yes turns on order tracking. Requires the VP-ASP Option Package |
| xtrackingcustomerread |
| Yes allows the customer to read tracking messages. |
| xtrackingcustomertemplate |
| Template to be used when the customer makes a tracking request. |
| xtrackingcustomerwrite |
| Yes allows customer to create a tracking message |
| xtrackingmerchanttemplate |
| Template to be used when merchant replies to a tracking message. |
| xtrackingmessagetemplate |
| Template used to create message details tracking message is created |
| xupload |
| Yes allows images to be uploaded. Requires the Option Package |
| xuploaddirectory |
| A directory with correct write permissions where images are uploaded |
| xvatcountry |
| A valid country abbreviation. This is the home country where VAT exemptions are ignored |
| xvatnumber |
| Yes automatically displays a vat number product on the customer registration form |
| xwishlist |
| Yes turns on permanent wish list facility. Records are added to the savedcarts table |
| affmailorder |
| Yes tells VP-ASP to mail the affiliate when an order is received |
| affmailorderdetails |
| The template to be used when the affiliate is mailed when an order is received |
| xhackercountries |
| A list of country abbreviations such as XX,YY where orders cannot be taken |
| xmailprocessed |
| Yes tells VP-ASP to mail to the customer when the order processed checkbox is selected in the Merchant administration. |
| xmailprocessedtemplate |
| The template used when mailing the customer on marking the order processed. |
| xlicensekey |
|
VP-ASP is licensed on a one shop. This key must be obtained by going to www.vpasp.com/license.asp.
It will be a string such as 7ca4654e32819b4ca04637785a9a1a7. This is different
from your order number.
If you move your shop to a different domain, a new license is required. |
| xproducthelp |
| Yes tell VP-ASP to place buttons on the product data entry form to obtain help for each field. |
| xshippingbycountry |
| Yes tells VP-ASP that the country field is used when reading records in the shipmethods table. This allows you to use different shipping values in our supplied shipping calculation such as weightrange pricerange etc. The country other can be used instead of a country abbreviation in the shipmethods table when you do not want to have records for all countries. |
| xcartspecialhandling |
| Yes tells VP-AP that you wish to use the facility of "buy x get one free". VP-ASP will try to apply your rules for free products. |
| xcartspecialhandlingfield |
| This is the field in the products table that holds the rules for "buy x get one free". The field will have two numbers in it such as quantity catalogid. For example 5,876. This says if they buy 5 of this product, they get product with catalogid 876 free. |
| xtaxincludeshipping |
| Yes tells VP-ASP to include the shipping cost when calculating tax. |
| xdisplaycategoryfiles |
| Yes tells VP-ASP that you want a detailed category description to be included at the top of certain product pages. VP-ASP tries to read a file specified in the catextra field of the category record and display that file when products are displayed. |
| xhearaboutus |
| Yes tells VP-ASP to include a list that you create of ways your customer found your web site. |
| xhearaboutusvalues |
|
This is a list of ways the customer hear about your site. It is limited to 255
characters. For example Search engine, Google, Friend, Other customer |
| xhandlingbyproduct |
| A field name in the products table that holds the handling cost. If specified, the handling cost is calculating by reading each product purchased and adding up their handling charges. |
| xwishlistdays |
| The number of days that wish list should remain in the database. If no value is specified wish lists are not automatically removed. |
| xcarthyperlink |
| Create a hyperlink back to the product display for items in the cart. |