Is it possible to add a header to the export file ?

Hmm... not right now, but it would be easy enough for you to add it in the code.

hmm, ok
not sure how to add it in the code (I can read php, but writing is different
also I'm not sure if this is really the right module, I need to export orders (of any kind) so that a filemaker program can read it ... (it's what the client wants
Do you know of any other expor.module ?
And maybe do you know if ubercart is going to include this or an export option in the core ?
It would seem a really needed, and handy feature, out of the box

Good works so! this module already helped a lot

J!

It seems it is not possible to create orders with the EDI import functionality. Isn't it ?

Correct.

Hey, I just upgraded to the new one on D.org... I didn't see anything come up in the update.php script, so I'm assuming that there is no db schema change, correct?

Secondly, any reason why the tokens aren't (don't seem to be) using Ubercart's standard tokens? (or does it, and I just don't know what I'm talking about). I suppose this question is relevant, since the latest version of this module provides more tokens/keys to work with than the previous version did.

Lastly, would there be any way to get this setup to export a second order pattern based on the country of the order delivery address? I.e. I am in Canada, and I need to tell UPS that an order is going to the US, and therefore it knows to print up some extra labels for customs clearance. The only way I can see doing this is by exporting 1 pattern for Canadian orders and 1 pattern for US orders... is that making sense?

I'm using this great export tool to export orders to UPS Connect, and then have it re-import the tracking info that the system spits out.

It seems to be able to build a compatible comma separated line for each order, however I can't seem to find a token/key that represents the total weight of the products that have been ordered. I can get the quantity & SKU, which is great... but is there a way to add up the weights of the products and output that to a token/key that can be used in EDI?

Hi, Did you find a solution to this?

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Maybe helpful to some:

I modified the uc_edi module a bit to allow the order export format tokens to be used in the product export format as well. This is because my fulfilment house required a format that needed each product line to include the shipping information. This allows edi output files like the following:

ORDER_ID|ORDER_DATE|SHIP_NAME|SHIP_COMP|SHIP_ADDR|SHIP_ADDR2|SHIP_CITY|SHIP_STATE|SHIP_ZIP|PROD_QUANT|PROD_CODE|SHIPPING_TYPE|
56|08/24/2008|Mr. Poppers||Address Line 1||Cincinnati|OH|45242|1|55-84958021|700|
56|08/24/2008|Mr. Poppers||Address Line 1||Cincinnati|OH|45242|1|55-84958028|700|

Also here is the code I wrote to connect to and read write from my fulfillment houses ftp server to interact with Ryan's EDI moduel and change the order status to Completed and notify the customer the product has been shipped with the tracking info:

$ftpserver = FULLFILLMENT HOUSE's FTP SERVER;
$ftplogin = LOGIN;
$ftppass = PASS;
$inbounddir = YOUR UBERCART EDI SETTINGS FOLDER FOR INCOMING FILES;
$outbounddir = YOUR UBERCART EDI SETTINGS FOLDER FOR OUTGOING FILES;
$order_file_header = "ORDER_ID|ORDER_DATE|SHIP_NAME|SHIP_COMP|SHIP_ADDR|SHIP_ADDR2|SHIP_CITY|SHIP_STATE|SHIP_ZIP|PROD_QUANT|PROD_CODE|SHIPPING_TYPE|\n";
$tmpdir = "YOUR WEB SERVER TEMP DIRECTORY";
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftpserver);
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftplogin, $ftppass);

if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)){
	die ("Unable to connect to FTP server");
} else {
	echo "Connected to FTP server" . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";
	/*
	 * HANDLE INCOMING STATUS FILES
	 * ----------------------------
	 * 1 - Download each status file from Triple Fin
	 * 2 - Parse XML from temp file and write new file for ubercart in correct format
	 * 3 - Move file on triple fin's server to processed folder
	 * 4 - Unlink temp file
	 */
	if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, "outbound")) {
		echo "HANDLING INCOMING STATUS FILES\n";
		echo "Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";
		$contents = ftp_nlist($conn_id, ".");
		$i=0;
		if(is_array($contents)){
			foreach($contents as $file){
				$i++;
				$temp_file	= $tmpdir . $file;
				// Step 1 - download each status file and save temporarily
				echo "$i Attempting to download new file $file\n";
				if (ftp_get($conn_id, $temp_file, $file, FTP_BINARY)) {
				    echo "$i Temp file written to $temp_file\n";
				    $statusFileXML =  simplexml_load_file($temp_file) or die("Cannot load SimpleXML from " . $temp_file);
				    echo "$i Temp file parsed into SimpleXML from $temp_file\n";
				    //Step 2 - iterate through each order and write to a new file
				    $out_file = $inbounddir . substr($file,0,strlen($file)-3) . "txt"; 
				    $fh = fopen($out_file, 'w') or die("Cannot write to " . $out_file);
				    $ii = 0;
					foreach($statusFileXML->order as $order){
						$lineout = "ORD|". $order->order_id."|FEDX|";	
				    	$lineout .= ($order->tracking !="NA")?$order->tracking:"Not Available";
				    	$lineout .= "\n";
						fwrite($fh, $lineout);
						echo ".";
				    	$ii++;
				    }
					echo "\n$i Completed writing [$ii] orders to output file for inbound processing$out_file\n";
					$new_file = "processed_by_pop/".$file;
				    if (ftp_rename($conn_id, $file, $new_file)) {
						echo "$i Successfully renamed $file to $new_file\n";
					} else {
						echo "There was a problem while renaming $file to $new_file\n";
					}
					//Step 4 - delete temp file
				    echo "$i Temp file removed $temp_file\n";
					unlink($temp_file);
				    fclose($fh);
				} else {
				    echo "There was a problem retrieving file from FTP server $file\n";
				}
			}
		}
		echo "Completed parsing [$i] incoming files\n";
	} else { 
    	echo "Couldn't change directory\n";
	}
	echo "------------\n";
	if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, "../inbound")) {
		/**
		 * HANDLE OUTGOING ORDER FILES
		 * ---------------------------
		 * 1 - read all outgoing order files from server
		 * 2 - open each outgoing order file
		 * 3 - create a temp file and include order_file_header at top
		 * 4 - upload temp file to inbound directory on triplefin server
		 * 5 - delete temp file
		 * 6 - move outgoing order file to processed folder on our server
		*/
		echo "HANDLING OUTGOING ORDER FILES\n";
		
		$dh = opendir($outbounddir) or die("Unable to open $outbounddir\n");
		echo "Opening $outbounddir to look for outbound order files to upload to triplefin\n";
		
		//Step 1 - read all outgoing order files from server
		$i=0;
		while ($file = readdir($dh)) {
			if(substr($file,strlen($file)-3,strlen($file)) == "txt"){
				//Step 2 - open outgoing file
				echo "$i Opening order file for processing $file\n";
				$outgoing_file = $outbounddir . $file; 
				$fh = fopen($outgoing_file, 'r') or die("Cannot read from outgoing file " . $out_file);
				$outgoing_data = fread($fh, filesize($outgoing_file));
				fclose($fh);
				//Step 3 - open outgoing file
				$temp_file = $tmpdir . $file;
				echo "$i Create temp file for upload to triple fin $temp_file\n";
				$fh = fopen($temp_file, 'w') or die("Cannot write to " . $temp_file);
				fwrite($fh,$order_file_header);
				fwrite($fh,$outgoing_data);
				fclose($fh);
				//Step 4 - upload temp file to server 
				echo "$i Writing file to server $temp_file\n";
				if (ftp_put($conn_id, $file, $temp_file, FTP_ASCII)) {
					echo "$i Successfully uploaded $file\n";
				} else {
					echo "There was a problem while uploading $file\n";
				}
				//Step 5 - remove temp file
				echo "$i Removing temp file\n";
				unlink($temp_file);
				//Step 6 - move order file to processed
				$new_path = $outbounddir . "/processed/" . $file;
				echo "$i Moving file to processed directory $new_path\n";
				rename($outgoing_file, $new_path);
				$i++;		    
			}
		}
		echo "Finished processing [$i] order files for fulfillment\n";
		//closing the directory
		closedir($dh);
	}
}
echo "Closing FTP connection\n";
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

@poppers:

I can't get this work. Where do I put the product export format tokens? Will you post up a screen shot of your EDI settings page?

Thanks,
Clint