ShippingMethodManager Class (PIA)

Use this object to manage shipping methods that will be available on the site. The ShippingMethodManager object lets you add and remove methods, and set their description, availability, and configuration.

Methods

Method Description
CreateMethodInstance Creates an empty instance of a shipping method.
DeleteMethodInstance Deletes the current shipping method instance.
GetComponentConfig Retrieves the Configuration dictionary for the shipping component, which implements the current shipping method.
GetInstalledMethodList Returns a Recordset containing the current shipping methods.
GetMethodInfo Returns a Recordset containing information about the loaded shipping method.
Initialize Initializes the ShippingMethodManager object and connects it to a database.
LoadMethodInstance Loads a given shipping method to be manipulated by other methods.
SaveMethodConfig Saves information about the current method.
SetCachableComponentConfig Saves configuration and other component information for a component.
SetMethodConfig Sets pairs of names and values for the current method.

Remarks

The shipping architecture in Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 is designed so that shipping methods can be changed through the Shipping Methods module in Commerce Server Business Desk without programming or editing pipelines. To do this, Commerce Server maintains a database table, ShippingConfig, of shipping methods and the information required to configure shipping components to implement those methods.

The ShippingMethodManager object is used by Business Desk to manage the ShippingConfig database table.

For more information about shipping objects, see Overview of the Multiple-shipment Shipping Architecture.

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.CommerceServer.Interop.Orders

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003

Assembly: cs_shipmgr (in cs_shipmgr.dll)

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