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How to Browse a Catalog

For the latest version of Commerce Server 2007 Help, see the Microsoft Web site.

You browse a catalog to view the items in the catalog. You use this functionality to find categories in a catalog, to find products in a category, to find product properties, and to display the results.

You can also use one of the search methods to find a catalog, its categories, or products in the catalog. For more information see Searching Catalogs by Using the Catalog API

To browse a catalog

  1. Create a CatalogContext object. This object contains the methods that you need to browse your catalogs. For more information, see How to Create a CatalogContext Object.

  2. Get the catalog to browse and set the language in which the data should be returned. For more information, see How to Get a Catalog.

  3. Get the categories you want to browse. For more information, see How to Get Categories.

  4. Get the products and product details to display. For more information, see How to Get Products.

  5. Get the variants for the products. For more information, see How to Get Product Variants.

  6. Get any related products. For more information, see How to Get Related Products.

  7. Display the results.

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Other Resources

Browsing Catalogs by Using the Catalog API