| Subject: | Unimplemented Unlinked Credit Support for ECC Merchants |
The AIM documentation at www.authorize.net/support/AIM_guide.pdf
describes how to submit an "Unlinked Credit" for those special merchants
that have applied for ECC support, but this capability does not work
through this module. As explained in the documentation, "A transaction
ID must not be submitted with an Unlinked Credit." Unfortunately, in
order to credit customers for transactions that have been captured over
120 days ago, we need to utilize this "Unlinked Credit" feature.
To provide this capability, here is a simple (one-liner) patch:
--- Business-OnlinePayment-AuthorizeNet-3.21.ORIG/AuthorizeNet/AIM.pm
2009-11-24 10:46:01.000000000 -0700
+++ Business-OnlinePayment-AuthorizeNet-3.21/AuthorizeNet/AIM.pm
2009-12-04 09:26:05.000000000 -0700
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@
$post_data{'x_Test_Request'} = $self->test_transaction() ? 'TRUE' :
'FALSE';
+ # Handle "Unlinked Credit" functionality for those non-standard
merchant accounts
+ # that applied for ECC (Expanded Credits Capability) and have it
enabled.
+ # WARNING: This is a dangerous option so use at your own risk!
+ $post_data{'x_Trans_ID'} = '' if $post_data{'x_Type'} eq 'CREDIT'
&& $self->{_content}->{unlinked_credit};
+
#deal with perl-style bool
if ( $post_data{'x_Email_Customer'}
&& $post_data{'x_Email_Customer'} !~ /^FALSE$/i ) {
-- Rob Brown
bbb@cpan.org