Simple transfer from contract not working

Question

this is very basic but i just want to test the transfer function. I load the contract with the constructor with 1 eth, then when i click the transfer function 0 wei is transferred. I understand this contract isn't very secure or good. But I just want to get this simple transfer out to an address to demonstrate what can be done.

My below code is as follows:

pragma solidity ^0.4.20;

contract Escrow {

    address public a;
    address public b;
    uint balance;



    constructor() public payable {
        a = msg.sender;
        b = 0x14723a09acff6d2a60dcdf7aa4aff308fddc160c;
        balance = address(this).balance;

    }

    function payoutToSeller() payable public returns(bool) {
        if (msg.sender == a) {
            b.transfer(balance);
            }
        }

     function getData() public constant returns (uint) {
         return balance;
     }

}

Answer 1

It works well, the balance of the contract is transfered.

Your logical mistake is that you don't update the balance after transfering, so it should be

    if (msg.sender == a) {
        b.transfer(balance);
        balance = 0;
        }
    }

You were probably calling payoutToSeller then checking the balance with getData to see if it was zero.