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Re: Automated Inventory Ordering through Bricklink
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lugnet.inv, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.market.brickshops
Date: 
Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:29:37 GMT
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In lugnet.inv, David Hurley wrote:
   Greetings all, I was discussing some time-saving MOC parts ideas and I came up with an idea for a software utility that could significantly reduce the amount of time spent digging around for loose parts. Currently, to the best of my knowledge, when someone wants to build a MOC with parts they don’t currently have, they have a few options: 1) they can go to WalMart, Target, Bricklink, eBay or another online source and order parts one at a time ...

If you go into BrickLink’s “Search”, then “Find Stores”, you can upload an XML file of all the parts you want, and it will find the stores which have all (or most) of those parts.

There’s a help file on how to build the XML file here. For my own use, I created a simple form that lets me pick the parts I need, then I paste it into the “Find Stores” page, and I get all the stores which have all or some of the parts I need.

In the example linked above, the XML searches for a Blue 1 x 1 Brick and Black 2 x 2 Brick. Pasting the XML into the page will get you this results page. When you click on the store name in the results, you’re presented with the inventory of just the pieces you selected.

Maybe this helps?

Robert



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Greetings all, I was discussing some time-saving MOC parts ideas and I came up with an idea for a software utility that could significantly reduce the amount of time spent digging around for loose parts. Currently, to the best of my knowledge, when (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.market.brickshops)

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