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The second (and the final) part of NEW-4.2.0 file:

PAYMENT MODULES
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* Pre-authorization support

The store administrator can now specify the mode in which they wish the payment transaction to be performed on order placement if a customer chooses to pay for the order using one of the following payment methods:
- PayPal Website Payments Standard
- PayPal Website Payments Pro
- PayPal Website Payments Pro Payflow Edition
- Express Checkout
- LinkPoint
- AuthorizeNet: AIM
- AuthorizeNet: SIM
- NetRegistry e-commerce
- Protx VSP Direct
- Virtual merchant (New payment module that replaced ViaKlix)

Two modes are supported: 'Auth and Capture' and 'Auth only'. In the 'Auth and Capture' mode, the customer's card is billed at once as soon as the customer completes the payment (the authorization and capture actions are completed simultaneously; the store administrator does not have to perform any additional actions to capture the funds). In the 'Auth only' mode, when the customer completes the payment, only authorization is performed to make sure the required funds are available on the customer's account; the action of capturing the funds that have been authorized is postponed until the moment the store administrator manually performs the capture. The capture action can be performed by using the 'Capture' button on the order details page in X-Cart's administration back end. Alternatively, the administrator may decide not to capture the authorized amount and unlock the temporary hold placed on the customer's funds; in this case the administrator can void the authorization. For PayPal, Authorize.Net, LinkPoint, Protx VSP Direct and NetRegistry e-commerce, the void action can be performed using the 'Decline' button on the order details page in X-Cart's administration back end or through the respective payment system account backoffice; for VirtualMerchant, this action can be performed only through the VirtualMerchant account backoffice.

The system of X-Cart order statuses has been changed to accommodate the 'Auth only' mode: Now, when a payment is performed as 'Auth only', the order is assigned the status 'Pre-authorized'. Later on, after the authorized amount is successfully captured, the order status is changed to 'Processed'. If the initial authorization is voided, the order status is automatically changed to 'Declined'.

In connection with the Pre-authorization support feature, the following options have been added:
- Number of days in advance that you want a reminder to be sent to the Orders department e-mail address about an order in Pre-authorized status for which the authorization period is going to expire (General settings/General options)
- Maximum fraud risk factor value after which an online payment transaction is performed in 'Auth only' mode, even if the payment module is set to work in a different mode (General settings/Antifraud options)
- Allow customers ordering egoods to use only payment modules that support Pre-Authorization (General settings/Egoods options)

* Payment module changes

The following payment modules have been removed and are no longer supported:
- 2Checkout ver.1
- World Swift
- Bank of Asia
- Cambist
- EZTP
- GZS: PayMaster
- IO*NGATE
- Secure-I
- Smart people
- SmartPag
- SurePay
- Trolley Gateway
- Velocity Pay
- viaKlix
- viaKlix 2.0
- Bank of America
- Bank of America (web-based)




MISCELLANEOUS
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* A customizable 404 error page for your store site

X-Cart now has its own 404 error page. This is a new page in your store which can be used to display the 'Page not found' error (HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found) when a visitor attempts to access the store site using a URL for which no page exists. To enable your store to use this page, you will need to make it the default page to be used for the 404 error on your store site.
The 404 error page looks similar to the rest of your store site and provides navigation links allowing the visitor to go back to the store's home page or to take a look around the site. The set of navigation links included into the page is different for the store's back end and Customer area.
The look and feel of X-Cart's 404 error page, as well as its textual content, can be changed by editing an HTML file. In stores supporting languages other than English, a version of the 404 error page can be easily created for each of the languages.
Displaying the 404 error page does not involve Smarty, which means your server experiences less load when this page is served.

* More efficient management of news list mailing lists
X-Cart now provides an easy method to export the entire list of subscribers of any news list to a CSV file. It has also become possible to remove selected subscriber addresses from a specific mailing list or from all the mailing lists by importing them into X-Cart as a list in CSV format.

* Adjustable page filename format for the HTML catalog
X-Cart now provides editable templates that define the format according to which X-Cart generates filenames for the product, category, manufacturer and embedded static pages when generating an HTML catalog. For each of the said types of pages, you can set up a separate page filename template. This feature gives you full control of the filename format by providing you with the ability to specify the components that you wish to be included into the filename and the order in which these components must be included.

* Adjustable currency symbol display format
It has become possible to define the currency symbol display format for the primary currency and the alternative currency (General settings/General options).

* User interface improvements
A number of small usability improvements have been made to X-Cart's user interface.

* Smarty changes
Smarty has been updated to the version 2.6.20 and moved from X-Cart root to the directory <xcart_dir>/include/lib/smarty.