December 4, 2009
Shipper 3 Platinum Edition Installation Instructions
The Shipper 3 solution has 3 parts:
- Shipper 3 Platinum Edition, a Windows desktop application to manage orders.
- Shipping Agent, a free, open source web service for your website that connects Shipper 3 Platinum Edition with your ecommerce store.
- ShipRush, a Windows desktop application that connects Shipper 3 Platinum Edition with DHL, Endicia, FedEx, UPS, and USPS.
Install ShipRush
After placing your order for Shipper 3 Platinum Edition, you will receive one ShipRush Serial Number and one ShipRush License Key via email within 2 days. During the ShipRush installation, you will be prompted for a ShipRush Serial Number. After installing Shipper 3, you will enter the ShipRush License Key as shown in the Getting Started document.
- Download the ShipRush installer for type of label you want to print.
- Run the installer to install both the ShipRush engine (used by Shipper 3 Platinum Edition) and the ShipRush UI (used to set defaults, create one-off labels, etc) on your computer.
- After installing ShipRush, the installer should run a configuration process to finish the setup. If the configuration process does not start automatically, start ShipRush to make sure it is configured correctly.
- Repeat for each type of label you want to print.
Install the Shipping Agents
- Download the Shipping Agent installer for your ecommerce platform. If you don't have a compatible ecommerce website, ShippingAgentMock.exe contains the files for a Mock Shipping Agent that you can use for testing. The mock agent works with any .NET 2.0 web site.
- Run the installer to extract the Shipping Agent files.
- Copy the extracted Shipping Agent files to your website as described in the readme.txt file (one of the extracted files).
Install Shipper 3 Platinum Edition
When you run Shipper 3 the first time, you will be prompted to register the program. To register the program, you will need your Shipper 3 Platinum Edition serial number and the corresponding order number. The serial number is shown in the order confirmation email and in the online order details.
- Download Shipper 3.
- Unzip the download.
- Run Setup.exe to to install Shipper 3 on your desktop computer.
- Start Shipper 3.
- When the Register or Try window appears
, click on the Register button.
- When the Registration window appears
, fill out the registration information and then click on the Register button.
Please see the Getting Started document next.
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