I respect your opinion, and I would agree except for two things..
1. Conor is no longer with us
2. The free version of this module is now being supported solely by the community

So I'm going to put together my SQL script when my time permits.. Conor's passing has changed things.. If he were alive I would totally feel differently.. Unfortunately Conor is no longer with us and as one of the community members who has stuck around to help with support, I want to help improve things for the users of the free module..

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I do have in my mind a way to accomplish it with the version of EP that I have come to use, but like in my last post, I feel like I have some sort of an ethical dilemma. Connor originally had a good reason to ask for compensation for his work on the "automated" version, and it would seem those that benefitted from it in turn did not release the modifications to those that did not provide compensation. As has been an answer to many poster's question (is it possible...), yes it is possible to do many things with ZC. This is an open source platform, improvements made based off of the needs and desires of those that need and desire different options and capabilities. It is not specifically (in my opinion) something that exists to "thwart" the man, but has come about from a group of like minded people that got together and made something that is used by tens if not hundreds of thousands of store owners. So, part of me contemplates the release of something that to some extent already exists but by a different "name" and in a way the effects. As a single individual, I am not sure to what extent I would be able to support the myriad of resulting questions, it is likely to result in the increase of consultants and consultations to support, and have an impact on well in a sense the legacy of Connor. I am not saying that I agree or disagree with what has happened with what he did, but by creating functionality equivalent to an existing product does have it's impacts both on a personal level as well as a professional level.

I also realize that there is a time and place for things, and that some things require time before getting to the right place. I guess in a way, I have my concerns. If I didn't know so much about the situation I probably wouldn't think twice about doing it.