USER'S GUIDE - ShipWeight

Additional features
4.9.9 Import and export weight data between the
Equipment database and the item dialog
Prepare the Equipment Database for import and export to the Item Dialog
Depending of the definition of custom codes in the Item Dialog, the various
information fields for equipment weights will belong to different custom codes
for different settings. Therefore the user is able to define the relationship
between custom codes and equipment information fields in the Equipment
Import Setting Dialog. This window is opened from the Item dialog menu:
Setting->Equipment Import Setting…
In the setting dialog, item dialog codes are selected in the left list and the
corresponding equipment field is selected in the right field. By clicking the
“Add” button, the mapping is registered and listed in the mapping area below
the selection lists. To delete a registered mapping, select the mapping in the
mapping area and click
“Delete”.
A defined mapping can be
shared between projects by
using the “Export” and “Import”
buttons in the dialog.
Import Equipment Weights
To import an equipment weight
from the Equipment Dialog to
the items dialog, the following
steps must be followed: First
select the item in Item Dialog
to receive the equipment
weight and equipment
information as specified in the
Equipment Import Setting
dialog. Next, from the Item
Dialog menu, select Items-
>Import from Equipment
Database… When the
Equipment database pops up,
select the equipment weight
you would like to import by
selecting it in the equipment list
to the right. To navigate in the
equipment list, sort by clicking
the list headers and use the
scrollbar to scroll the list. Once
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ShipWeight – User’s Guide, version 10.0, April 2011