Overactive Logistics Pre Alpha 1.4 released.

WHAT IS OVERACTIVE LOGISTICS?
Overactive Logistics is a freight forwarding open source software solution being developed for the cargo transportation industry.
It runs in both web based or stand alone modes and provides a graphical user interface with rich client capabilities.

WHERE TO GET UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT STATUS?
You can get information about the project current status and development efforts in the project's site located at:
http://overactive.sourceforge.net/

HOW TO CONTACT US?
You can contact us sending us an email to:
overactive.source@gmail.com

UNDER WHAT OPEN SOURCE LICENSE IS OVERACTIVE LOGISTICS RELEASED?
Overactive Logistics is being release under the Overactive Source Public License which is a derivative from the Mozilla Public License.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS VERSION (PRE ALPHA 1.4)?
This version contains the latest progress made on Shipments and Shipment Charges

-Progress made on Incomming/Outgoing Shipments (Air, Ground, Ocean)
-Progress made on Shipment Charges and Freight Charges (Income, Expense)
-Vendor maintenance
-SCAC maintenance
-IATA maintenance
-FMC maintenance
-Carrier maintenace (Air, Land, Ocean)
-Forwarding Agent maintenance
-Ports maintenance
-Schedule D maintenance
-Schedule K maintenance
-Customer maintenance
-Security roles maintenance
-Users maintenance
-Company maintenance

WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR THE FIRST BETA VERSION?
The initial Beta version aims to provide the following modules:

-Outgoing Shipments (Air, Ground, Ocean)
-Incoming Shipments (Air, Ground, Ocean)
-SCAC maintenance
-IATA maintenance
-FMC maintenance
-Vendor maintenance
-Carrier maintenace (Air, Land, Ocean)
-Forwarding Agent maintenance
-Ports maintenance
-Schedule D maintenance
-Schedule K maintenance
-Customer maintenance
-Security roles maintenance
-Users maintenance
-Company maintenance
-Reports

HOW TO INSTALL?

For detailed steps please click on the Installation Instructions link.

The following is a high level overview of the installation steps:

Software requirements
-JBoss 4.2.0 GA
-MySQL Server 5.0
-MySQL Tools 5.0
-MySQL Connector/J 5.0.4
-Web browser with Java Plug-in 1.4.0 or higher

Database creation (using MySQL Administrator)
-Create a new database schema (catalog) called LOGISTICS
-Do a "Restore" using the "logistics.sql" backup file in the newly created "Target Schema" LOGISTICS

Application deployment (in JBoss)
-Type the database user name and password where required inside the file mysql-ds.xml and deploy it in JBoss
-Deploy the mysql-connector-java-5.0.4-bin.jar driver in JBoss
-Deploy the overactive-logistics.ear in JBoss

Running the aplication
-Open your web browser and type the following link:
http://localhost:8080/logistics/
-Once the login screen shows up access the application using the following:
User : admin
Password: admin

Hitting the road again.

It feels good to be back again. I've been very busy in the last few months working in my day job attending to client accounts and clearing some much needed certifications plus writing some articles.

Now I finally got enough time to retake the development of Overactive Logistics and as a first step I worked last night migrating the development environment to the JBoss 4.20 version.

I'm planning to do some little refactoring on the Overactive Core to make the kernel more cohesive since for the last few years it kept growing and growing getting features implemented as soon as possible and in the rush some portions of the code got a little bit rusty.

Also as I reported in my last post the EAR has being re structured to have the Overactive Core standing in its own jar file instead of being merged across the project.

Expect a new release soon.