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Star Bill of Lading
Everything you need to install, administer, and use the Star Bill of Lading Program. Along with many tips, tricks, and explanations of common questions and issues that should assist you to find the answers you seek.
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation
- 2.1. Where to obtain software
- 2.2. How do I actually Download and Install the software?
- 2.3. When I try to download it states that the file is corrupt. What do I do?
- 2.4. Installing Single User Edition
- 2.5. Installing Network Edition of Software
- 2.6. Moving system to a new PC
- 2.7. Running the software
- 2.8. Says not compatible with W11 - probably because running in W11 S Mode.
- 3. Network Edition Installation and Setup Instructions.
- 3.1. Network Setup Instructions
- 3.2. Network Upgrade Instructions from a previous version.
- 3.3. How to move the data to a different location.
- 3.4. Pointing a workstation installation to the Network Stored data
- 3.5. Advantage Database C/S Installation Information
- 3.6. SAP ADS C/S Software Registration Instructions
- 3.7. Terminal Services Setup
- 4. Upgrading
- 5. Setup
- 5.1. System/Shipper Setup Properties
- 5.2. Displayed/Options Field - Display Settings
- 5.3. Displayed/Options Field - Field Settings
- 5.4. Displayed/Options Field - System Settings
- 5.5. Displayed/Options Field - Mandatory Fields
- 5.6. Importing Data
- 5.7. Importing Carriers
- 5.8. Importing Consignees
- 5.9. Importing Descriptions/Items file
- 5.10. Concatenating City, State, and Zip fields while importing Consignees
- 5.11. Importing Sales Order information to create the BOL Import data file.
- 5.12. Exporting Consignee Records
- 5.13. Exporting Descriptions/Items Records
- 5.14. Email System Setup Instructions
- 6. Operations
- 6.1. Database Lookup Filtering and Selection Process
- 6.2. Custom Reports
- 6.3. Custom Reports Example 2
- 6.4. Add/Maintain Carrier file
- 6.5. Add/Maintain Consignee records
- 6.6. Add/Maintain Deliver To's File
- 6.7. Add/Maintain Descriptions/Items file
- 6.8. Add/Maintain Third Party Billing file
- 6.9. Add/Maintain Item Class file
- 6.10. Add/Maintain the Unit of Measure Codes file
- 6.11. Add/Maintain Placards file
- 6.12. Add/Maintain Special Instruction Codes File
- 6.13. Add/Maintain Users
- 6.14. Creating a Return BOL for Customer Shipping back to us.
- 6.15. How can I delete an old bill?
- 6.16. How do I add a second line to the BOL details?
- 6.17. Can I re-print or change an existing BOL?
- 6.18. Batch Printing BOL's / Shipping Labels
- 6.19. How do I turn on/off the Printed BOL Lock
- 6.20. Printing issues with the OKIDATA printer
- 6.21. Program runs but does not show - just waits then disapears
- 7. How Do I....
- 7.1. How to turn on or off the Automatic Backup utility on Exit
- 7.2. Turn on Automatic Backup utility on Exit
- 7.3. Have a system wide number scheme
- 7.4. Turn on/off the Printed BOL Lock
- 7.5. Turn off the Password Security or Change Passwords
- 7.6. Turn on Password Security
- 7.7. Delete an old bill
- 7.8. Add a second line
- 7.9. Change to manually keying in the BOL#
- 7.10. Change it back to auto create BOL#
- 7.11. How can I change the program to print a different field as the printed BOL#?
- 7.12. Enable the Section 7 Signature area
- 7.13. Turn on Unit Weight calculations option.
- 7.14. Turn off the option to not automatically print the Terms and Conditions page with each BOL
- 7.15. Turn off the Box Shading
- 7.16. Setup the Email System
- 7.17. How do I setup the Email system to use my Gmail account
- 7.18. How do I setup the Email system to use my Office 365 account
- 7.19. Setup to use Outlook 365 email client to send emails?
- 7.20. Print to a PDF file.
- 7.21. Enter Registration Codes
- 7.22. Change Auto Capitalizing Items/Descriptions
- 7.23. Reset the internally saved registry settings back to original.
- 7.24. Delete a Shipper from the System
- 7.25. Run the file Re-Index program
- 7.26. Purge old BOL's from the system
- 7.27. Backup the data files.
- 7.28. Restore the data files
- 7.29. How do I run the Workstation Configuration Setup Utility
- 7.30. Point the program to access a different database location.
- 7.31. Move the database files to a new location.
- 7.32. How Do I Run the Data Conversion Utility
- 7.33. Save and load the import specifications
- 7.34. How do I find out where my data files reside on the system?
- 7.35. See if the user is connected via the SAP Advantage DB C/S Software
- 7.36. How to turn on the option to see Hidden files on your system.
- 7.37. How do I allow Pallets to be added to the detail Quantity Totals?
- 7.38. Set up the bills to add a separate LBS column.
- 7.39. Copy the contents of a previous bill to create a new one? - Copy/New
- 7.40. Use the Search BOL features
- 8. FAQ's
- 8.1. I run the application or select an option for lookup of a field and the system seems to lock up.
- 8.2. Virtual Store - Program doesn't see the data location I set
- 8.3. Should/Could I use Mapped Drives to point to the data files on my server?
- 8.4. My Registration Codes Do Not Seem To Work.
- 8.5. What is the difference between the SE and NE versions?
- 8.6. My Network Edition seems to be running very slow. What can be done about this?
- 8.7. Issues sending bills by email - system is sending 2 copies or looping.
- 8.8. I cannot read the printed bill displayed on-line. Do you have a copy I can read?
- 8.9. How many users can the Network Edition be installed on?
- 8.10. Do you have a pdf of the Star Bill of Lading Help file?
- 8.11. Do you have an example of the Shipping labels that are included in the software?
- 8.12. I changed my label printer and now I cannot select a different one.
- 8.13. What version of the application is installed on my machine?
- 8.14. What are the names of the data files used in the BOL program?
- 8.15. Where are the data files that are being used located on my system?
- 8.16. Does Star Bill of Lading support 64-bit Windows?
- 8.17. Try to print a BOL and it does not print.
- 8.18. Can I print more detail lines on the printed bill?
- 8.19. I right-clicked on the shipper drop down selection on the main screen and now I am locked. What can I do?
- 8.20. Program runs but does not show - just waits then disapears
- 8.21. Is there an ODBC driver available for the database used in this software?
- 8.22. Where can I purchase the SAP ADS C/S Software
- 8.23. Can this software run on a Cloud Server?
- 8.24. Can this software be run on a MAC computer?
- 8.25. Can this software be run on a Linux computer?
- 8.26. Can this software be run on a Google Chromebook?
- 8.27. Does this software automatically update/upgrade to the latest versions?
- 8.28. Can I roll back to a previous version if I upgraded to a new version?
- 8.29. Backup my data files and attach to my ticket.
- 9. Errors / Messages
- 9.1. Read Only Error
- 9.2. Read Only Error - Instructions to fix
- 9.3. Could not convert variant of type (null) into type (double)
- 9.4. Error Code 5185
- 9.5. Error Code 5004 - Cannot find files
- 9.6. Error Code - 5035 - Could not obtain record lock.
- 9.7. Error 5033: No connected server was found for the given drive letter.
- 9.8. Error Code 7009 - Problem with Advantage Database Server File Write
- 9.9. Error Code 7010 - Index Error
- 9.10. Error Code 7017, 7058 - Index Corruption
- 9.11. Error Code - 7038 - Invalid Record Number
- 9.12. Error Code 7057
- 9.13. BOL Detail file issue - Closing Program.
- 9.14. Error - Terminate Application
- 9.15. E985 - Error Message - The running application version (xx.xx) does not match the current database version (xx.xx)
- 9.16. Bill will not print to the selected printer. Does nothing.
- 9.17. Bill of Lading Program has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- 9.18. Corrupted BOLH message
- 9.19. Cannot find import;DLL may be missing, corrupt, or wrong version File "gdiplus.dll", error 126
- 10. Demos
- 11. System Requirements
- 12. Registration/Purchasing
- 12.1. How To Enter Registrations Codes.
- 12.2. How To Enter Registration Code - Windows 8
- 12.3. Registration codes sent are correct.
- 12.4. Receiving a message stating it is a trial and need to purchase. Even though I already bought the software.
- 12.5. Upgrade Purchase Options for Customers who have an older version and not under Support Maintenance..
- 12.6. What does the Support Maintenance license cover?
- 12.7. Why did the price of the Support Maintenance increase?
- 12.8. EULA - End User License Agreement
- 13. Version History