Set the Browser to Automatically Open EPL2 file when Printing Integrated Shipping Label

 

For Internet Explorer user should first remove the IE pop-up for downloading files and modify the EPL2 file type to set correct action (which is "open")

 

1. Remove the IE pop-up for downloading files.

  - Open IE > Click on Tools > Internet Options >Security Tab> Click on Trusted Sites

  - Click on Sites button > Add system.netsuite.com > Close

  - Click on custom level button

          - ActiveX controls and plug-ins > Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls > select "Enable"

          - Downloads > Automatic prompting for file downloads > select "Enable"

  - Click on OK then OK again

 

2. Modify the EPL2 file type to set correct Open action.

1.       Navigate to Windows Start > Control Panel > Folder Options (or just Open any Folder then click the Tools menu and select Folder Options)

2.       Click File Types tab

3.       From the lists of Registered file types click EPL2 and click on the Advanced button (if you do not see the Advance button click the Restore button instead and it will turn to Advance button afterwards). This will open Edit File Type window.

4.       Under Actions are commands listed for EPL2 file type. Remove all commands except for Open by highlighting it and clicking the Remove button.

5.       Highlight Open and the click on Edit button. This will open a new window. Check if label.bat is selected under Application used to perform action box. If not, click the Browse button and select label.bat. (If Open is not listed as one of the actions, click the New button, type open in the action field then click the Browse button and select label.bat.)

6.       Uncheck Confirm Open after Download so that you do not get a popup when the EPL2 file is downloaded.

7.       Click on OK then OK again

 

NOTE: Alternatively, you can just uncheck Always ask before opening this type of file when downloading the EPL2 file for the first time. Un-checking this option before clicking the Open will deactivate this dialog window when attempting to open or save files of the same type or extension in the future. Your browser will automatically perform the selected action (either save or open) when finished. However, if user mistakenly click on Save you will still need to perform step #2.

 

 

For Firefox browsers, user needs to set "Use label.bat"  on the EPL2 action.

 

1.       Navigate to Tools > Tools > Options > Applications  (if customer is using a Mac machine, go to Preferences > Applications instead). The Applications panel lets you choose applications and other handlers to handle different types of content like EPL2 files.

2.       From the list of content type (file type) click EPL2.

3.       Then click on the Action column field dropdown and select Use label.bat. If that option is not available, select Use other instead and click the browse button to manually select it. There's one problem though, Firefox does not recognize label.bat as a valid application because it's extension is .bat and not .exe. What user can do it to manually type the path of the label.bat in the file name field while browsing for it (e.q. C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Desktop\label.bat or navigate to the folder where the batch file is located and then just type label.bat)

4.       Then click Open then Ok.

 

 

 

*Alternatively, you can set the "Action" to "Use Internet Explorer" to rechannel the downloaded EPL2 file to IE.

 

 

For Google Chrome Browser all downloaded files appear in the downloads bar at the bottom of your browser. All you have to do is to click the menu arrow next to your downloaded file button, then select "Always open files of this type."