Paypal Sandbox J1.5.12 & V1.1.3

[brownpauls]

It took quite some time to figure out how to get the order status to update to CONFIRMED using the Paypal Sandbox for testing purposes. I could only get a PENDING status. This is what I found out for those who might be struggling as well.

1 - Create a Sandbox account on Paypal
2 - Create two Test Accounts (1 Business and 1 Personal)
3 - Enable both Review and Test modes for each appropriate account
4 - Use the Business Test Accounts email address in your PayPal Method setup in VirtueMart
5 - Complete a transaction through your online VirtueMart shopping cart using the Personal Test account information
6 - VERY IMPORTANT - Make sure to go into your Test Business Account Details for that transaction and ACCEPT payment otherwise it WILL NOT update the order to a CONFIRMED status

One last IMPORTANT piece of information ... you have to be logged into your Sandbox account before a transaction can be completed using VirtueMart.

[MoneyMagnets]

Thanks this has helped.

Did you set up the personal accts in paypal as preconfigured? I tried that but the sandbox won't accept that email address 

When I tried setting them up at manual it seems to insist that I enter a credit card and I don't have any 'spare' since I only have one on a genuine account.

This part of the testing is slowly driving me crazy....

Regards,
Karen

[MoneyMagnets]

Okay it wasn't adding a test credit card in FF but it is in IE   

[MoneyMagnets]

Okay I have placed an order through the sandbox and accepted the payment in the sandbox business but the confirmation never appeared on the order.

Is there any other step for the order confirmation to be updated?

Thanks for any help.
Karen 

[Contendia]

6 - VERY IMPORTANT - Make sure to go into your Test Business Account Details for that transaction and ACCEPT payment otherwise it WILL NOT update the order to a CONFIRMED status

This option does not seem to be present on sandbox accounts that are setup using the 'Preconfigured' option.  Or is it?

Instead, all my sandbox orders are being automatically accepted.

[MoneyMagnets]

Make sure that you have debug set to NO in the payment method otherwise the confirmation will not appear.

I now have the tests working :-)

Regards,
Karen