Hi Kevin M 

There doesn't seem to be any public references to that object in the header/detail business classes, however, I don't think that's necessary.  I believe this information is committed physically to the files when you "Accept" from the Item Package Maintenance dialogue.  So, if you create a new shipment, and access the item package window, make changes and press Accept.  If you look through DFDM you'll notice that information is actually stored even though your invoice is not committed yet.  Not sure why we did it that way.

So that being said you should be able to use SO_PackageTrackingByItem_svc/bus classes to access that data within your script, but you'll have to instantiate a new instance of that object.

Key reference is InvoiceNo + PackageNo + ItemCode

Hope this helps, let me know if you need more assistance.

Elliott

Thanks Elliott!  Interesting... I was just assuming the package data would be uncommitted until the invoice was saved.

That could work.  (New object, browse filter, loop through the packages for what I need... then close the object).

The shipments are created by import / integration (ScanForce) and I need the UDF data for another integration (StarShip) so I'm hoping that the BOI object behavior works the same as the UI in that way.  I'm guessing PreTotals is the best place to try and do what I need...

I'll post results when I get a chance to do some testing.

So far so good... basic testing with the UI gave me access to package data (...but thinking as I type this, I was testing with a pre-saved invoice)... and I'll find out soon about whether it solves the problem...

...

    oPackage = oSession.GetObject("SO_PackageTrackingByItem_bus")
    if oPackage <> 0 then
        Set oPackage = oSession.AsObject(oPackage)
    else    
        if oSession.UI <> 0 then
            retVal = oSession.AsObject(oSession.UI).MessageBox("", "Access to SO_PackageTrackingByItem_bus is required for the ... script to work.")
        end if
        exit sub
    end if
    retVal = oPackage.SetBrowseFilter(sInvoiceNo)
    retVal = oPackage.MoveFirst()
    if retVal <> 1 then ' no package data for this invoice, do nothing
        Set oPackage = nothing
        exit sub
    end if

...

Thanks again Elliott