usps.com Click-n-ship AutoFill Button Contrib

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Ok, let me try to field these the best I can.

1. For the Alter Table command. It works fine in Mysql 4.x.. but i haven't tested Mysql 5.. so maybe i need to make that change to make it compatible.

2. Ya I know about the old BOF should be EOF.. honestly i didnt update the SO one since the original 1.1b.. as I made no code changes and SO hasn't changed either. So thats always been there I guess.. I will look to see where the problem is.

3. Thats just something to ignore.. something with the way I'm "faking" the page fields.. I have to send it to the form by applying the form action. It's just one of those things.

4. Now the important part is to understand how the contrib works. It is not any fancy API call or anything to populate from start to finish of the label creation process. It is strictly a page-to-page javascript form fake. I am basically creating a clone of the real form, then sending the form action command to the real address. This means that it can only go one page deep... at least from what I can tell. I have learned a bit more about javascript since then, but I don't think you can force a variable on page 1 if it only exists on page 2.. So its only meant to work for the first page auto-fill. It's not perfect.. but its the best there is.

5. I will first try to fix the problem.. then you can try to add the weight modifications to it.


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For the second post... This goes back to number 4... You'll have to change your mode of operations for it to work the way you want, as what it does is necessary based on the way it works.

How I use it is:

1. Open Fresh browser (i.e. not logged into usps site yet)
2. Click on the USPS button and it populates the form. Click "Continue"
3. Choose Shipping option, click continue
4. Login. This will keep you logged in for the next 10 min, and that resets each time you refresh or there is activity. So now as long as you create a new label within the next 10 min you should not have to log in again.

Now that I'm logged in, I close the usps site.. the label is in the virtual cart on the usps site.. and as long as I don't close down ALL instances of the browser, it will stay logged in, even tho you closed that window.

From this point on:

1. Click on the USPS button and it populates the form. Click "Continue"
2. Choose Shipping option, click continue
3. close window
repeat

Even if you take more than 10 min.. and you are logged out.. or even if you shut down all browsers.. Your labels will still be there in the usps virtual cart so no worries.. login when you need to... its just another step that occurs every so often.. it won't affect any of your labels.

I do this 3 step process until I hit 10... then i finish the full print out and start over with an empty cart.