Introduction - Developers

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Z-Firm offers three paths for developers to integrate ShipRush technology to custom and commercial systems:

 

 

The ShipRush SDK is a tool set for developers. With the ShipRush SDK, rich, full featured parcel shipping can be easily integrated into custom applications, web sites, and business processes. Windows developers (using Visual Studio.NET, Visual Basic, Delphi, MS Access, etc.) can use the ShipRush ActiveX control for the full ShipRush user interface, embedded right in your application!

 

All developers (including Java, PHP, Web, Windows, Linux etc.) can use ShipRush as a powerful shipping server via its web service mode.

 

With the ShipRush SDK, carrier certification is almost never required, and development is quick and easy. Z-Firm, as a carrier-certified vendor, does all the heavy lifting, and keeps the ShipRush technology current.

ActiveX

Using the ActiveX, initial integration can usually be done in just a couple of hours using Visual Basic.

 

Any programming tool that supports ActiveX will work, including Visual Studio.NET, Visual Basic 6, Visual C++, MS Access, MS FoxPro, Delphi, C++ Builder, VBA, etc.

DLL

Using the DLL, a simple procedural interface is exposed that makes it easy to call either the visual or non-visual ShipRush tools from C++, VBA, scripting environments, and other development tools.

Web Service

Any development tool that can manipulate XML and perform post operations to an http server can interact with the ShipRush server.  For example, Java, ASP.NET, Visual Studio.NET, PHP, and other tools can interact with the ShipRush server.

 

Note: The developer versions of ShipRush are not included in the integrated versions.  Contact Z-Firm Sales (by telephone: (206) 812-7874) for the developer introduction kit.

 

Additional information can be found at www.zfirm.com/developer