Item automatically added to cart after link is clicked

[igavemybest]

Is there any way to send out an email, where an item is automatically added to the cart from a link a potential customer clicks on?

[mazhar]

You can try to trigger Email when your code adds something to basket. Read following threads about how to create Email template and send Email manually.
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=11483
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=8682

[igavemybest]

Thanks, I think I wrote the question in a confusing way. The answer I was trying to get is....if a potential customer clicks on a link to my store (from an email for example) when they are redirected to my store, is there a way to have something automatically added to their cart?

[mazhar]

Read following topic
http://wiki.ablecommerce.com/index.php/ ... nal_entity

[igavemybest]

So basically it is directing me to copy and paste the text into a aspx file called AddToCart.aspx or whatever I decide to call it. I did this but am getting the following error on Line 1. Any suggestions?

Parser Error
Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: The directive 'control' is unknown.

Source Error:


Line 1: <%@ Control Language="C#" ClassName="AddToCartEx" %>
Line 2: <script runat="server">
Line 3: private int _ProductId;

[mazhar]

Sounds like you placed code straigth into the newly added page source. Try by replacing

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<%@ Control Language="C#" ClassName="AddToCartEx" %>

with following code line

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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

Also have a look at following thread
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10490