Previewing Your Payment Service Pages

You can preview how your Payment Service pages will appear to shoppers by selecting the Preview link at the top-right of the Payment Page Editor pages.

The preview presents a complete sequence of Payment Service pages, as if a shopper had decided to buy something from your website shop - note that no money actually changes hands because it operates within the Test Environment.

When you select the Preview link a Test Transaction Submission Page will open, which enables you to enter a variety of field values so that you can test various scenarios.

The preview provides a quick and easy way to test your Payment Service pages. Note that you can also use this option to test Recurring Payments (FuturePay) transactions.

Using the Test Transaction Submission Page

To open the Test Transaction Submission Page, select the Preview link. The page will open with your Installation ID already entered into the first field.

Enter suitable values into the fields, as shown in the table below, then select the Submit tick button to display your Payment Selection Page.

field	action/description
cart ID	Enter a unique identifier for this transaction. For example, "abcd123".
Amount	Enter the total amount for the shopper's order. For example, "10.00".
Currency	Enter a currency code (based on the ISO code). For example, "GBP" for Pounds Sterling.
Description	Add an optional description of the shopper's order. For example, "Blue Tee Shirt".
Language	Enter the 2-letter language code for the language to be used in the Payment Service pages. For example, "en" for English. For details of our other supported languages, please refer to the following section in the Customising Guide (Advanced): Our Supported Languages and Properties Files in The Message Properties Files page in the Message Files - Language Versions chapter.
Authorisation	Specify the type of authorisation for the transaction. 'E' to specify manual capture of funds from the shopper, where Capture Delay is set to 'off' for this transaction, or 'A' to specify capture of the funds from the shopper within the next 14 days, where Capture Delay is set between 0-14 days for this transaction.
Message Substitution listbox	This listbox enables you to view the pages as they will appear to the shopper, alternatively you can view the pages with the property names of the page elements showing, rather than the elements themselves. To display the payment pages as the shopper would see them, select 'YES' in the Message Substitution listbox. To display the property names of the messages used to build the payment pages, select 'NO' in the Message Substitution listbox. For more information, please refer to the following section in the Customising Guide (Advanced): Showing Properties on Pages - Message Substitution in the Property Files chapter.
Submit tick button	When you select this tick button your Payment Selection page will be displayed. Then, acting as the shopper, you can proceed through a complete test transaction: select a payment method in the Payment Selection page, then enter your payment details in the Payment page, and then view the Result pages. You can examine the payment details in the Merchant Interface Test environment and view the Confirmation Emails in your mailbox. Note that you can use the following test card numbers in the payment page: 4917 6100 0000 0000 for Visa or, 5100 0800 0000 0000 for MasterCard Expiry Date: Within seven years from submission Security Code: 123 For details of other test card numbers please refer to the guide Test and Go Live.

Screen Shot - Test Transaction Submission Page


Figure: The Test Transaction Submission Page