How Do I Open XML Files?

Question: When I save a Container file with the .xml extension, I double-click on it under Windows and Internet Explorer opens it, just like in the screenshot above. How can I open the file again with Quick Pallet Maker?

Answer: Windows opens Internet Explorer by default when you double-click a file with the .xml extension. Therefore, you can do any of the following:

• Click on the file with the right mouse button and a menu will appear. From that menu, choose "Open with..." and then choose the Quick Pallet Maker application. You may need to open a open dialog window to find the application.
• Run Quick Pallet Maker and open a new Container Fill document window. Then select Insert -> Container from the File menu. Once that has been done, you can choose the XML file using the Open dialog window.

Example - Display Cases In Pallets

Through the following link you can find an example in which we use Quick Pallet Maker to create a pallet that displays the largest of the boxes' sides. This is especially useful in Club Stores and other retailers in which the customer gets to see the secondary packaging of the product he/she wishes to purchase. Usually, an attractive design is added to the boxes for this purpose.

Installation Question: Purchase Or Demo?

Question: When Installing QPM for Windows, I see a small window asking to click either "Purchase" or "Demo". What should I click?

Answer: If this is the first time you have downloaded Quick Pallet Maker and have never used it before, we recommend you to click "Demo". The process will continue and you will be allowed a period of 30 days to test the product in which you can ask us any related question.
If you have already tried Quick Pallet Maker and are ready to buy it with a credit card, then please click on "Purchase". You will be presented a secure form hosted by eSellerate in which you can enter your information to receive a serial number by email. This serial number is then entered in the Register window of the Demo to enable the full application.
If you have already purchased a license of Quick Pallet Maker and are installing an update, then click on "Demo" and continue the installation process. Once you start up QPM again, the newer version should recognize your registration information. If not, contact us.

Example - Shipping Different Packages in Boxes

Through the following link you will be able to find an example that explains how to create a shipment of boxes on pallets based on a finite number of packages of two different sizes.

Quick Pallet Maker in Japanese

Starting from version 4.2, we have a Japanese SKU that can be downloaded through the software downloads page. The direct download links are here for Windows and here for Mac OSX.

A Couple Of New Examples

Sorry for the long time between posts, through the following links you will be able to access new examples for using Quick Pallet Maker. The first one explains how to add slack to boxes after calculating them and the second example explains how to export graphics files.