ShipmentScaleApplet.java

[Walter Vaughan]

I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into ofBiz. So I
google up some Java that *should* be in something to read a scale, and what to
my wondering eyes did appear, but the top link pointed back to
ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to do. Actually
better than I hoped. :)

It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember seeing it documented
anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells know where to look for how it is used
and perhaps called?

I know it lives in
applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is there any
other documentation?

Thanks

--
Walter

[BJ Freeman]

any java applet or application for that matter has to overcome how to
communicate with ofbiz and no open a security whole.
unlike the pages that are generated by.
Applets are usually static, meaning there is no interaction back to ofbiz.
in this case it communicates with the scale and displays it on the applet.
I have a application equivalent that:
1)receives the item ID from ofbiz then
2)post the data back to ofbiz.


Walter Vaughan sent the following on 4/3/2007 5:12 PM:

> I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into ofBiz.
> So I google up some Java that *should* be in something to read a scale,
> and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but the top link pointed back
> to ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
> I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to do.
> Actually better than I hoped. :)
>
> It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember seeing it
> documented anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells know where to look
> for how it is used and perhaps called?
>
> I know it lives in
> applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is
> there any other documentation?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Walter
>
>
>

[David E Jones]

Not sure if I understand the question here... are you asking:

1. will someone help me find documentation about this on  
docs.ofbiz.org or in the code itself or somewhere else on the internet?

2. is there some hidden documentation somewhere that someone is  
holding back that they would be willing to share?

3. will someone please write up how this works?

In general everything goes back into the open source project,  
including any documentation on something added, so I'm not sure if  
any hidden documentation that exists might emerge from somewhere, so  
chances are #3 is the best question to ask.

BTW, I'm answering here in terms of the general approach to this  
question as much as the actual topic of the question, nothing  
personal or anything Walter. I just want to make it clear that there  
is no magic or hidden documentation on OFBiz or something that will  
magically solve people's problems as so often seems to be implied in  
questions. Unless of course someone has a big library of this stuff  
living somewhere that I'm not aware of...

-David



On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Walter Vaughan wrote:

> I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into  
> ofBiz. So I google up some Java that *should* be in something to  
> read a scale, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but the top  
> link pointed back to ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
> I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to do.  
> Actually better than I hoped. :)
>
> It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember seeing  
> it documented anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells know where  
> to look for how it is used and perhaps called?
>
> I know it lives in applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/
> QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is there any other documentation?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Walter

[Walter Vaughan]

David E. Jones wrote:
> 3. will someone please write up how this works?

Yes. Please.

I guess I should have been clearer. It looks like Andy developed this in 2003
http://svn.ofbiz.org/viewcvs?rev=404&view=rev

I can't find any documents about it how to use/troubleshoot it. It seems to use
the "Toledo Protocol" which is great. But I am not clear if it was used other
than as a POC or some customization for quickship only that is turned off normally.

If anyone is using it today, can you point me to how you are using it. I'll
write it up, I just need to know *something*.

Thanks,
--
Walter

> On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Walter Vaughan wrote:
>
>> I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into  
>> ofBiz. So I google up some Java that *should* be in something to  read
>> a scale, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but the top  link
>> pointed back to ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
>> I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to do.  
>> Actually better than I hoped. :)
>>
>> It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember seeing  it
>> documented anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells know where  to
>> look for how it is used and perhaps called?
>>
>> I know it lives in applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/
>> QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is there any other documentation?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Walter
>
>

[David E Jones]

Good question Walter... and I'm not sure if it is in use by anyone  
today. It was originally created for a custom set of packing screens,  
but that project was derailed a bit not long after that and was never  
finished. I guess in a way this is an unfinished feature looking for  
some love.

-David


On Apr 4, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Walter Vaughan wrote:

> David E. Jones wrote:
>> 3. will someone please write up how this works?
>
> Yes. Please.
>
> I guess I should have been clearer. It looks like Andy developed  
> this in 2003
> http://svn.ofbiz.org/viewcvs?rev=404&view=rev
>
> I can't find any documents about it how to use/troubleshoot it. It  
> seems to use the "Toledo Protocol" which is great. But I am not  
> clear if it was used other than as a POC or some customization for  
> quickship only that is turned off normally.
>
> If anyone is using it today, can you point me to how you are using  
> it. I'll write it up, I just need to know *something*.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Walter
>
>> On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Walter Vaughan wrote:
>>> I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into  
>>> ofBiz. So I google up some Java that *should* be in something to  
>>> read a scale, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but the  
>>> top  link pointed back to ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
>>> I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to  
>>> do.  Actually better than I hoped. :)
>>>
>>> It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember  
>>> seeing  it documented anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells  
>>> know where  to look for how it is used and perhaps called?
>>>
>>> I know it lives in applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/  
>>> QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is there any other documentation?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter
>

[BJ Freeman]

Walter:
The Scale applet as it is in the code, basically shows the scale
reading, to the user.
it does not feed that information back into ofbiz. It has a default
value built in if the scale is not connected.
it needs a lot of work if you want to have it interactive with ofbiz.
I changed it to an application, instead of an applet.


Walter Vaughan sent the following on 4/4/2007 6:56 AM:

> David E. Jones wrote:
>> 3. will someone please write up how this works?
>
> Yes. Please.
>
> I guess I should have been clearer. It looks like Andy developed this in
> 2003
> http://svn.ofbiz.org/viewcvs?rev=404&view=rev
>
> I can't find any documents about it how to use/troubleshoot it. It seems
> to use the "Toledo Protocol" which is great. But I am not clear if it
> was used other than as a POC or some customization for quickship only
> that is turned off normally.
>
> If anyone is using it today, can you point me to how you are using it.
> I'll write it up, I just need to know *something*.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Walter
>
>> On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Walter Vaughan wrote:
>>
>>> I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into
>>> ofBiz. So I google up some Java that *should* be in something to
>>> read a scale, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but the top
>>> link pointed back to ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
>>> I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to do.
>>> Actually better than I hoped. :)
>>>
>>> It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember seeing  it
>>> documented anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells know where  to
>>> look for how it is used and perhaps called?
>>>
>>> I know it lives in applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/
>>> QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is there any other documentation?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

[David E Jones]

Actually it kind of does feed back into OFBiz... The intention was to  
use the applet to talk to the scale, and then take the result and put  
it in a form on the HTML page, which would then get submitted to the  
web app server.

-David


On Apr 5, 2007, at 6:02 AM, BJ Freeman wrote:

> Walter:
> The Scale applet as it is in the code, basically shows the scale
> reading, to the user.
> it does not feed that information back into ofbiz. It has a default
> value built in if the scale is not connected.
> it needs a lot of work if you want to have it interactive with ofbiz.
> I changed it to an application, instead of an applet.
>
>
> Walter Vaughan sent the following on 4/4/2007 6:56 AM:
>> David E. Jones wrote:
>>> 3. will someone please write up how this works?
>>
>> Yes. Please.
>>
>> I guess I should have been clearer. It looks like Andy developed  
>> this in
>> 2003
>> http://svn.ofbiz.org/viewcvs?rev=404&view=rev
>>
>> I can't find any documents about it how to use/troubleshoot it. It  
>> seems
>> to use the "Toledo Protocol" which is great. But I am not clear if it
>> was used other than as a POC or some customization for quickship only
>> that is turned off normally.
>>
>> If anyone is using it today, can you point me to how you are using  
>> it.
>> I'll write it up, I just need to know *something*.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Walter
>>
>>> On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Walter Vaughan wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into
>>>> ofBiz. So I google up some Java that *should* be in something to
>>>> read a scale, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but the top
>>>> link pointed back to ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
>>>> I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to do.
>>>> Actually better than I hoped. :)
>>>>
>>>> It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember  
>>>> seeing  it
>>>> documented anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells know  
>>>> where  to
>>>> look for how it is used and perhaps called?
>>>>
>>>> I know it lives in applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/
>>>> QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is there any other documentation?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walter
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

This could have an interest for the POS too.
But there are a lot of reglementations around this stuff (at least in
France) :(
Anyway good to know that there is already something !

Jacques

>
> Actually it kind of does feed back into OFBiz... The intention was to
> use the applet to talk to the scale, and then take the result and put
> it in a form on the HTML page, which would then get submitted to the
> web app server.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2007, at 6:02 AM, BJ Freeman wrote:
>
> > Walter:
> > The Scale applet as it is in the code, basically shows the scale
> > reading, to the user.
> > it does not feed that information back into ofbiz. It has a default
> > value built in if the scale is not connected.
> > it needs a lot of work if you want to have it interactive with

ofbiz.

> > I changed it to an application, instead of an applet.
> >
> >
> > Walter Vaughan sent the following on 4/4/2007 6:56 AM:
> >> David E. Jones wrote:
> >>> 3. will someone please write up how this works?
> >>
> >> Yes. Please.
> >>
> >> I guess I should have been clearer. It looks like Andy developed
> >> this in
> >> 2003
> >> http://svn.ofbiz.org/viewcvs?rev=404&view=rev
> >>
> >> I can't find any documents about it how to use/troubleshoot it. It
> >> seems
> >> to use the "Toledo Protocol" which is great. But I am not clear if

it
> >> was used other than as a POC or some customization for quickship
only

> >> that is turned off normally.
> >>
> >> If anyone is using it today, can you point me to how you are using
> >> it.
> >> I'll write it up, I just need to know *something*.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> --
> >> Walter
> >>
> >>> On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Walter Vaughan wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've spent a few hours today looking at integrating a scale into
> >>>> ofBiz. So I google up some Java that *should* be in something to
> >>>> read a scale, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but the

top

> >>>> link pointed back to ShipmentScaleApplet.java :)
> >>>> I've looked a the code and it looks exactly like I want it to do.
> >>>> Actually better than I hoped. :)
> >>>>
> >>>> It looks like Andy Z wrote it originally. I don't remember
> >>>> seeing  it
> >>>> documented anywhere. Anyone with stronger brain cells know
> >>>> where  to
> >>>> look for how it is used and perhaps called?
> >>>>
> >>>> I know it lives in applications/product/webapp/facility/shipment/
> >>>> QuickShipOrder.ftl. Is there any other documentation?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Walter
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>