Shipping Rate Provider Suite Version 2.5 Beta 2

The second beta of Version 2.5 is now available for testing. The big changes from version 2.0 include:

1. The number of calculators has been reduced from 6 down to 2: Order Rules and Package Rules. As their names imply, use Order Rules when you want to calculate the shipping cost based on the entire order (such as subtotal). Use Package Rules for everything else. Of course you can still combine them for more complicated calculations.
2. Package Rules (and the DHL providers) now include a much more flexible packaging scheme so you can break up your order into exactly the right packages.
3. A standalone Postal Code Support library is now included which you can use to load and manage postal code lists. The Shipping Rate Provider Suite uses this library to calculate the distance between points.
4. InstallSuite.aspx is no longer used to finish the installation. Installation and other management tasks are now performed using the "Shipping Rate Provider Suite" plugin (BV Admin > Plug-Ins).

If you have version 2.0 (or eariler) installed, please use the InstallSuite.aspx page from your current version to Remove the current providers before you install version 2.5. If you skip this step, send me your Taskloader.Custom.vb file so that I can manually remove the code that is no longer needed.

Also if you have version 2.0 (or earlier) installed, you can delete the unused editors by deleting the following directories:

• BVModules\Shipping\Item Router\
• BVModules\Shipping\Item Rules\
• BVModules\Shipping\Package Router\
• BVModules\Shipping\Order Router\

You can also delete BVModules\Shipping\InstallSuite.aspx.

You can download the beta version from here,

Shipping Rate Provider Suite 2.5

Please let me know what you think. I plan on making a few minor changes before final release, so there is still time to lobby for your pet feature.

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