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Setting up UPS WorldShip manually.

Setting up UPS WorldShip manually

All Orders 3.X
All Orders 2.X

Depending on your network or computer, you may need to setup the link between NumberCruncher and WorldShip manually. This should only be done after you have attempted setup through Edit --> Preferences.

STEP 1 - COPYING FILES

Copy NCWSEXPORT.dat and NCWSIMPORT.dat which are contained in folder C:\Program Files\NumberCruncher\All Orders\ncupsws\ to folder C:\UPS\UOWS\ImpExp\Shipment\
Copy NCUPSWS.mdb which is contained in folder C:\Program Files\NumberCruncher\All Orders\ncupsws\ to a folder accessible by all users.
After you copied NCUPSWS.mdb, navigate to the file using Windows Explorer, right click with your and select Properties. Make sure 'Ready Only' is UNCHECKED.

STEP 2 - CREATE ODBC CONNECTION - TO BE DONE ON THE MACHINE HAVING THE WORLD SHIP SOFTWARE

Click the Start Menu.
Click Settings/Control Panel.
Double click ODBC data sources icon (found under Administrative Tool in Windows XP) to open the ODBC Data Source Administrator.
Click on the System DSN tab.
Click the Add button.
Select Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb) from the list of drivers.
For Data Source Name enter NCWSDATA
Click to the Select button to navigate to NCUPSWS.mdb (see STEP 1 #2). The path to the database will appear next to the word 'Database'
Click OK, then OK again.

STEP 3 - CLEAR A REGISTRY ENTRY

Click Start Menu.
Select Run.
Type in regedit.
Click OK.
The Registry Editor will be opened.
On the left panel double click HKEY_CURRENT_USER, you will see more folders appear.
On the left panel double click Software.
On the left panel double click NumberCruncher.
On the right panel click NCUPSWSDB until its highlighted
Press the Del key.
Close the Registry Editor

4/27/2004