Shipper 1.4 Release Candidate

Shipper 1.4 RC1 is now available for testing. You can download the installers from here:

• Shipper 1.4 RC1
• Shipper Service for StoreFront 1.4 RC1
• Shipper Service for BVC2004 1.4 RC1
  
  ...and now...
  
• Shipper Service for BVC5 1.4 RC1

New Carrier Support

• Support for UPS WorldShip 8.5. Since UPS WorldShip 8.5 is a beta version with limited distribution, Shipper 1.4 will continue to support UPS WorldShip 8.0.
• Support for Endicia Galaxy Ship 4.5. Note that Shipper 1.4 will not integrate completely with previous versions of Galaxy Ship. You can download the latest version of Galaxy Ship from http://www.endicia.com/endicia-usa/hot/galaxyusersguide.cfm.
• Shipper now imports the shipment Order Number to the DHL Reference field in DHL EasyShip Connect.

New Store Support

• Shipper now supports BV Commerce 5 in addition to BV Commerce 2004 and StoreFront 6.0.
• Two new fields are now available for reports and advanced filters: OrderID and UserData. Using the OrderID, you can build a link to the order edit page of your site. Using the UserData field and an advanced filter, you can add your own custom field(s) to the shipment information which you can then import to your carrier software. See the new userdata.xslt sample in the Shipper Service xslts folder.

User Interface Enhancements

• Two new print formats will help you prepare shipments: Pull Sheet and Pull Sheet Details. Pull Sheet lists the total number of each unique item in the selected shipments. Pull Sheet Details adds the individual quantities for each order including the quantity for each variation.
• A new Display Count feature lets you decide how many shipments to include in the Print Preview. Previous versions of Shipper fixed this limit at 100 to ensure fast response time. You can now choose a value between 25 and all shipments. A new tool bar is displayed above the Print Preview Pane to make adjustments to Print Format and Display Count even easier.
• Two ways to easily move shipments between folders:
  • Drag and drop shipments from the Shipments Pane to a folder in the Views Pane. For example you can drag a shipment from the UPS WorldShip folder to the Endicia Galaxy folder.
  • Select one or more shipments and then select Edit > Move to Folder from the Shipper menu or the shipments context menu.
• Directly access Store Settings from the store's context menu or by selecting a store and then choosing Edit > Store Settings from the Shipper menu.
• Send/Receive shipments from a single store by choosing Send/Receive Only from the store's context menu.
• Previous versions of Shipper did not reflect changes made to a shipment in the store if the shipment was already prepared for carrier processing. Now a conflict will be generated with the changes identified so that you can decide if the changes affect how you want to process the shipment.

Release Notes

• Shipper 1.4 does not work with previous versions of Shipper Service.
• Shipper Service no longer uses the file StructuredSolutions.SharpZipLib.dll which can be removed from your web site.
• The Shipper installer will copy custom print formats that it finds from the previous version of Shipper to the new location. If your custom print formats are not displayed in the File > Print Formats menu you will need to manually copy them to the new installation directory.
• The new shipment fields (e.g. OrderID and UserData) will not appear in shipments that you have already prepared for processing. To force the new fields to appear select Tools > Options from the Shipper menu, then select the Application Data tab and click on the Delete Offline Data button. The new fields will be included the next time you run Send/Receive.
• Shipper Service for BVC5 1.4 RC1 has some limitations when used with BV Commerce 5.01:
  • Workflows are not executed. After this is fixed in BVC5, Shipper Service for BVC5 will execute the Shipping Changed, Shipping Complete, Order Payment Changed and Order Payment Complete workflows as appropriate.
  • Line items that are product combinations will cause Shipper Service for BVC5 to fail.

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