10471 Transaction refused because of an invalid argument. See additional error messa

[rccooke]

Cart Version 1.3.9h, fresh install, not an upgrade, no add-on's, only customizations are images, to date, some are currently edited originals being used as placeholders for current traffic. I've searched the forum site over for relative info on my error situation.
My site works perfectly with the exception of this particular error, so far that I know.

Alot of what I believe are my problems have to deal with how my site is hosted and I believe the remedy to this situation may be editing that is required within the sites config files, possibly changing 1 line in each of them, although I do not know where to begin with the fix and feel that someone in the forum may know the exact code, needed to fix this situation. I also my be way off base on this so anyone interested I'd most definitely appreciate the advice. I also feel that if I am pretty much on target with why my site is producing this error, this might be of interest to the developers to edit the code so those who wish to host the way I do can! I'd like to operate my site initially with PayPal as my payment gateway and eventually 1st Data(Authorize.net) added.

Ok as for my hosting situation:
Windows XP IIS 5.1 PHP version 5.3
Domain thru Go Daddy. Name forwarded & "masked" to DNS2Go dynamic IP address on my home network.

The error:
When clicking PayPal payment button within "Express check-out" the "SITE" returns the following error:

10471 Transaction refused because of an invalid argument. See additional error messages for details. - ReturnURL is invalid.

The IPN URL is correct in PayPal account settings and checking the IPN via PayPal sandbox finds the URL as working.

During setup of the cart:
In my config files I had to set ../../../../ as my base site URL in order for me to setup the site over my local network and view the site via the net from a remote workstation without continually editing the config files from internal IP to external domain name.

I hope this is enough information for someone to understand my situation and quite possibly provide some suggestions or even changes I can implement to get this up and running. I have no problem providing URL for site viewing/interaction as site is set to be live and is online currently. I only have 3 items setup in catalog so the cart can be tested although as I said the entire site is live so perusing the payment process thru the cart and into PayPal will make a purchase.
I also have no problems providing more info or copies of my config files so you can see what I'm referencing with regard to the URL I've referenced above. I also should say https is not enabled on my site nor with the way I'm hosted is it possible. Thank You in advance for your help in this matter! ~Richard

[Kim]

Ok as for my hosting situation:
Windows XP IIS 5.1 PHP version 5.3
Domain thru Go Daddy. Name forwarded & "masked" to DNS2Go dynamic IP address on my home network.

Why are you using Windows hosting and especially on GoDaddy?

[rccooke]

The actual hosting is done on a window machine within my home network not on Go Daddy....I'm being provided a "masked" redirection of my domain name by Go Daddy if you know what that is. As for my windows machine it has worked simply perfect for all my hosting necessities and has been now for about 11years, so I can't see why I should change things, been thinking I might add Apache & a stream server some day soon....Right now I've ASP, PHP, PERL, PYTHON, MYSQL, IMAGE-MAGIC, AND AN EMAIL SERVER all working perfectly on this server. It's also hosting I think 15 domains, without any problems. Using task scheduler properly is kinda critical in keeping it cleaned up, and rebooted daily but I can't complain, otherwise. So can you assist in my problem?

[rccooke]

Can anyone give me a clue as to how you get a support question answered with an educated possible helpful response within these forums?

[rccooke]

Ok so I've solved this error on my own....thanks everyone for all your help, right!
Anyway is there a coder out there that can tell me how to edit the config files so they will recognize both my domain name and an internal IP address so the cart & it's admin will function from either the lan or wan access.

Config files in (admin/includes) & (includes) are the 2 files I'm referencing and the following sections are those I'm referring to:

configure.php
(includes)
// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.mydomain.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'http://www.mydomain.com');

THE OTHER configure.php
(admin/includes)
// Define the webserver and path parameters
// Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com -
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
// HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
// HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
/*
* URLs for your site will be built via:
* HTTP_SERVER plus DIR_WS_ADMIN or
* HTTPS_SERVER plus DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN or
* HTTP_SERVER plus DIR_WS_CATALOG or
* HTTPS_SERVER plus DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG
* ...depending on your system configuration settings
*
* If you desire your *entire* admin to be SSL-protected, make sure you use a "https:" URL for all 4 of the following:
*/
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.mydomain.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.mydomain.com');
define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.mydomain.com');
define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.mydomain.com');

[DrByte]

You need a proper domain name to do that. Even if it's just a no-ip or dyndns entry you set up for it. You'll need to open your localhost firewall so that external services (and hackers: you've been warned) can find your site and respond to it.