Order Status Triggers

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I have StoneEdge setup to send status updates to Able. This is working fine, however, on Able, I have a Status, let's say Order Paid, Stone Edge updates Able telling it that the order is paid and thus status is updated to "Order Paid". In Able, the Order Status for "Order Paid" hits triggers "Payment Authorize, Payment Captured, Order Paid".

So now my order has status as "Order Paid" but the payment does not update at all. The status of my order on admin side shows "Order Paid" and payment is "Unprocessed". Is there a reason the triggers would not be updating the payment status even though the Order Status is being changed?

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Ok so upon further educating myself, I learned that the Status doesn't hit the Trigger -- the Trigger actually dictates the Status.

So my new question would be, is it possible to send data directly to Able that hits the Trigger. The synch I have between Able and Stone Edge at the moment as far as I know only hits the Status Changes, not the Trigger.

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"setiuser=test@test.com&password=abc123&setifunction=replacestatus&code=0&ordernumber=123&orderstatus=Order Shipped&update=<Tracking>
<Track>
<TrackNum>9109874008600902561234</TrackNum>
<PickupDate>02%2F27%2F2009</PickupDate>
<Shipper>USPS</Shipper>
<Method>Parcel%20Post</Method>
</Track>
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This is what SE sends to my API script controller on Able. This is basically capable of adding the tracking number to the existing shipment in Able named "Parcel Post". I'm a beginner in any type of coding, the script itself is beyond my understanding.

My main question is it at all possible, through coding in the script, to insert information other than a tracking number. I really just want to know if it's possible so I can hire a programmer to add the proper code to my script. It seems like a pretty basic function, but like I said, I have no programming experience.

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Main goal is to be able to update payments on an order. Send code in to authorize actual payment in an Able order, even add in transaction info etc. As of now I can only update the status (to Order Paid), but the payment itself remains unprocessed.