* IMPORTANT *

To complete the overall migration effort, we are transitioning the remaining Burbank accounts to the Denver site and deactivating Burbank. LinkPoint will begin the final deactivation of the remaining stores processing on the Burbank production site during the standard maintenance windows on September 11, 2005 and September 18, 2005.  Upon completion of this final stage of the migration program all stores will be fully activated for processing on our Denver production site.

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 REASONS TO MIGRATE:

LinkPoint International continues to update our products and services to meet market needs and business objectives.

During any new feature release we assess the need to update the interfaces to our system such as the LinkPoint API. In addition, there are semi-annual association compliance changes (Visa and MasterCard) that may necessitate the need to change the functionality of the API.

Therefore, it is always beneficial to use the latest API released by LinkPoint.



  MIGRATION STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS:

Integration 5.4 to 4.0
(Note: The version numbers have been updated to be consistent with the entire system updates.)

1. The first step to any integration is recognizing what language and setup you currently have on your system. You could be using a Windows, Unix or Linux machine, with PHP, Perl, C, Coldfusion, Java or any other language.

2. Download the latest wrapper off the website.

http://www.linkpoint.com/viewcart/

3. Use the sample code in the wrapper to transfer over your code from the 5.4 to the new 4.0 wrapper.


4. Obtain a test store to use for testing. Do not test transactions on your live store.

https://www.staging.linkpointcentral.com/ABStaging

5. Download the latest information on new error codes

6. After you have finished testing, make sure you switch the server, config file and certificate file over to the live account and live server.

7. Electronic Softgoods Download (ESD) Capability will no longer be offered. Please see our list of shopping carts that offer a similar product {click to access}.



  MIGRATION KITS:

:: Transition between JavaLink and LinkPoint Java 3.0 API
:: Transition between PHP versions 5.4 to 4.0.
:: Transition between COM Object versions 5.4 and 4.0
:: Transition between Perl versions 5.4 to 4.0
:: CFX version 4.0 Click for current version
:: C versions 4.0 Click for current version
If you are currently using C++ or .Net, you may not need to upgrade at this time. However, the API's are available below:

:: LinkPoint API for C++

:: LinkPoint API for C# .NET

:: LinkPoint API for Visual Basic .NET


  SUPPORT:

E-mail: apisupport@linkpoint.com


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