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Star Bill of Lading

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Getting Started
  • 1.3. Available Versions
• 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 of Software (Version 8 and earlier)
  • 2.5. Installing Single User Edition (Version 9 and above)
  • 2.6. Installing Network Edition of Software (Version 8 and earlier)
  • 2.7. Installing Network Edition of Software (Version 9 and above)
  • 2.8. Moving system to a new PC
  • 2.9. Running the software
• 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
  • 4.1. Upgrading the Single User Edition from a previous edition
  • 4.2. Upgrading the Network Edition from a previous version.
  • 4.3. Upgrading to the Network Edition from the Single Edition
  • 4.4. How can I see if there is an update available?
• 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. 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. How can I delete an old bill?
  • 6.15. How do I add a second line to the BOL details?
  • 6.16. Can I re-print or change an existing BOL?
  • 6.17. How do I turn on/off the Printed BOL Lock
  • 6.18. Printing issues with the OKIDATA printer
  • 6.19. Program runs but does not show - just waits then disapears
• 7. How Do I....
  • 7.1. Have a system wide number scheme
  • 7.2. Turn on/off the Printed BOL Lock
  • 7.3. Turn off the Password Security or Change Passwords
  • 7.4. Turn on Password Security
  • 7.5. Delete an old bill
  • 7.6. Add a second line
  • 7.7. Change to manually keying in the BOL#
  • 7.8. Change it back to auto create BOL#
  • 7.9. How can I change the program to print a different field as the printed BOL#?
  • 7.10. Enable the Section 7 Signature area
  • 7.11. Turn on Unit Weight calculations option.
  • 7.12. Turn off the option to not automatically print the Terms and Conditions page with each BOL
  • 7.13. Turn off the Box Shading
  • 7.14. Setup the Email System
  • 7.15. How do I setup the Email system to use my Gmail account
  • 7.16. How do I setup the Email system to use my Office 365 account
  • 7.17. Setup to use Outlook 365 email client to send emails?
  • 7.18. Print to a PDF file.
  • 7.19. Enter Registration Codes
  • 7.20. Change Auto Capitalizing Items/Descriptions
  • 7.21. How do I Reset the screen sizing back to original settings.
  • 7.22. Delete a Shipper from the System
  • 7.23. Run the file Re-Index program
  • 7.24. Purge old BOL's from the system
  • 7.25. Backup the data files.
  • 7.26. Restore the data files
  • 7.27. How do I run the Workstation Configuration Setup Utility
  • 7.28. Point the program to access a different database location.
  • 7.29. Move the database files to a new location.
  • 7.30. How Do I Run the Data Conversion Utility
  • 7.31. How do I find out where my data files reside on the system?
  • 7.32. How to turn on the option to see Hidden files on your system.
  • 7.33. How do I allow Pallets to be added to the detail Quantity Totals?
  • 7.34. Set up the bills to add a separate "LBS" column to the detail lines.
  • 7.35. Copy the contents of a previous bill to create a new one? - Copy/New
  • 7.36. Backup files and send to Support Ticket
• 8. FAQ's
  • 8.1. Virtual Store - Program doesn't see the data location I set
  • 8.2. Should/Could I use Mapped Drives to point to the data files on my server?
  • 8.3. My Registration Codes Do Not Seem To Work.
  • 8.4. What is the difference between the SE and NE versions?
  • 8.5. My Network Edition seems to be running very slow. What can be done about this?
  • 8.6. Issues sending bills by email - system is sending 2 copies or looping.
  • 8.7. I cannot read the printed bill displayed on-line. Do you have a copy I can read?
  • 8.8. How many users can the Network Edition be installed on?
  • 8.9. Do you have a pdf of the Star Bill of Lading Help file?
  • 8.10. Do you have an example of the Shipping labels that are included in the software?
  • 8.11. What are the names of the data files used in the BOL program?
  • 8.12. Where are the data files that are being used located on my system?
  • 8.13. Does Star Bill of Lading support 64-bit Windows?
  • 8.14. Try to print a BOL and it does not print.
  • 8.15. Can I print more detail lines on the printed bill?
  • 8.16. I right-clicked on the shipper drop down selection on the main screen and now I am locked. What can I do?
  • 8.17. Program runs but does not show - just waits then disapears
  • 8.18. Is there an ODBC driver available for the database used in this software?
  • 8.19. Where can I purchase the SAP ADS C/S Software
  • 8.20. Can this software run on a Cloud Server?
  • 8.21. Can this software be run on a MAC computer?
  • 8.22. Does this software automatically update/upgrade to the latest versions?
  • 8.23. 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. Bill will not print to the selected printer. Does nothing.
  • 9.14. Bill of Lading Program has encountered a problem and needs to close.
  • 9.15. Corrupted BOLH message
  • 9.16. Cannot find import;DLL may be missing, corrupt, or wrong version File "gdiplus.dll", error 126
• 10. Demos
  • 10.1. How to run the Workstation Configuration Setup Utility
• 11. System Requirements
  • 11.1. 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. What does the Support/Upgrades/Updates license cover?
  • 12.5. Why did the price of the Support/Upgrades/Updates increase?
  • 12.6. EULA - End User License Agreement
• 13. Version History
  • 13.1. Version History

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