# Pay Pal and Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pay-pal-and-flash/157587>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 3, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pay-pal-and-flash/157587 "2005-08-03T00:01:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![swolfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@swolfe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swolfe)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pay-pal-and-flash/157587/1 "2005-08-03T00:01:36Z")

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Ive been searching around the board to figure out how to set up a link from pay pal in Flash. I came across this code but not sure why it’s not working.

[color=#0000bb]myButton[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]onRelease [/color][color=#007700]= function(){  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData [/color][color=#007700]= new [/color][color=#0000bb]LoadVars[/color]color=#007700;  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]cmd [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]"\_cart"[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]business [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]“sample@sample.com”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]item\_name [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]“10 Widgets”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]item\_number [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]“0110”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]amount [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]"[/color][color=#007700]$[/color][color=#dd0000]10.00"[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700][[/color][color=#dd0000]“add”[/color][color=#007700]] = [/color][color=#dd0000]“1”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]send[/color][color=#007700]([/color][color=#dd0000]“[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr)”[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#dd0000]“POST”[/color][color=#007700]);  
} [/color]  
[color=#007700][/color]  
[color=#007700][color=black]When I[/color] [color=black]put[/color] [/color][color=black]this on a button in flash I get an error:[/color]

[color=red] **Error** Scene=tiki lounge page, layer=ADD TO CART, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler  
myButton.onRelease = function(){ [/color]  
[color=red]Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1[/color]

Once I’ve put it within a handler, I still get no results

[color=blue]on(press)[/color][color=darkgreen]{[/color]  
[color=#0000bb]myButton[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]onRelease [/color][color=#007700]= function(){  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData [/color][color=#007700]= new [/color][color=#0000bb]LoadVars[/color]color=#007700;  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]cmd [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]"\_cart"[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]business [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]“sample@sample.com”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]item\_name [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]“10 Widgets”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]item\_number [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]“0110”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]amount [/color][color=#007700]= [/color][color=#dd0000]"[/color][color=#007700]$[/color][color=#dd0000]10.00"[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700][[/color][color=#dd0000]“add”[/color][color=#007700]] = [/color][color=#dd0000]“1”[/color][color=#007700];  
[/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700].[/color][color=#0000bb]send[/color][color=#007700]([/color][color=#dd0000]“[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr)”[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#0000bb]formData[/color][color=#007700], [/color][color=#dd0000]“POST”[/color][color=#007700]);  
} [/color]  
[color=#007700]}[/color]  
[color=#007700][/color]  
[color=#007700][/color]  
[color=black]Any help? Much appreciated…[/color]