Car-Part.com
Car-Part.com is a company that runs a web site which indexes car parts for car yards across the US.
Software
Car-Part.com distributes software that allows ITrack users to export parts from ITrack to Car-Part.com, as well as to search the Car-Part.com database from ITrack. So there are two main parts to Car-Part:
- Search - car-part
- Upload - pkzip
| Tip |
| The Car-Part applications are in \\bunnahabhain\ITRACK\Tech Support\3rd Party Software\Car-Part |
You will also need the company's car-part login info, which you can get one of the following ways:
- Whatever system we're currently using to store customer information
- Asking fellow ISoft Employee to see if they have a copy of login info
- Emailing a car-part representative (Cristi at car-part dot com)
Search
(Car-part calls this "Trading Partners" to confuse you.)
Place all of the car-part files in the %systemdrive%\car-part\ directory.
Run the Config.exe application:
- In the Inventory Management System drop down menu select ISoft
- Enter the Username, Password, and Site information that has been provided for you.
- The site name is usually something like: trade<some_number>.car-part.com
- The other fields are not required
- Save the Settings
Run windows_update_fix.reg
When a user clicks the car-part button on the search screen of ITrack, it launches this app. ITrack passes in the search criteria and the car-part app launches the search in their web browser.
| Tip |
| If the customer is using Vista/Win7, and the Car-Parts Search is having problems loading - use Firefox instead. |
| Tip |
| If the Search Online button is greyed out, make sure you go to Edit --> Options --> Company Info and set the yard's type (Car + Medium Duty Truck. |
Upload
The upload application needs to be in the %systemdrive%\pkzip\ directory.
- Grab all the files from \\bunnahabhain\ITRACK\Tech Support\3rd Party Software\Car-Part\NewPkzip and transfer them to the customer's computer.
- Unzip the files to c:\pkzip. Overwrite files if prompted.
- Run carpart.exe
- Enter the customers login info
- The site name should be "compatible.car-part.com"
You can check if the information will export correctly by opening ITrack Pro and going to 'Data Import/Export', the Export tab. When you click the 'Export to Car-Part.com' button the Car-Part application should launch and blue loading bars should briefly scroll across it. You may need to go to Edit >> Options >>General and turn on the workstation as an Auto Yard for this button to become active.
How It Works
Car-part grabs inventory from ITrack based on interchange number, make and model, and maybe (or maybe not) a few more things. If the interchange numbers were wrong, Duff and Brad are fairly sure that would NOT cause the export to fail outright - it would just make stuff not show up on car-part.
There is no way to search around inside an ITrack database for stuff that is hanging around in ITrack but not showing up on car-part for whatever reason. That's because we really don't have access to car-part's tables - there's just a tool they made that knows how to access ours.
