Simple BOL 2026
Simple BOL 2026 is a completed Windows shipping application built for a one-person operation while providing a MongoDB foundation that can grow into a shared workflow for larger teams.
Guided Windows and MongoDB Setup
A WiX Toolset-based MSI installs the self-contained application, Print Notifications companion, and Windows shortcuts with a familiar upgrade and removal path.
First-run assistance can install MongoDB Community Edition 8.0.26 locally, configure a secured Windows service, initialize the database and indexes, and create a dedicated application user.
The MongoDB Credentials dialog builds and tests named local, network, or cloud connection profiles and protects saved passwords for the current Windows user.
Build and Calculate the Shipment
Users can create rail or ocean containers, pallets, boxes, and loose pieces such as long products, engines, batteries, artwork, metals, components, and steel beams.
Simple BOL calculates combined dimensions, weights, piece counts, and shipment totals from the details entered for each part of the load.
The completed BOL can be printed directly, generated as a PDF, or attached automatically to a customer email.
Fast Printing with Visible Status
Direct Windows printing supports reusable templates, duplexing, and remembered printer and copy-count settings for repeat jobs.
The Print Notifications companion watches Simple BOL jobs in the Windows queue and reports submission, completion, and printer conditions that need attention.
The fixed print and PDF layouts have been used for more than a year with over 30 trucking companies, with Print as Lines selected most often.
Your Data and Room to Grow
Simple BOL uses the official MongoDB .NET Driver 3.10.0 and can connect to MongoDB on one workstation, a shared network server, or MongoDB Atlas on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Simple BOL imposes no BOL count or retention limit, so years of shipment history can remain available within the capacity and retention policies of the chosen MongoDB deployment.
A business can begin with one local user and grow toward shared servers, dedicated Atlas clusters, automatic compute and storage scaling, or sharding, although the application has not been benchmarked to a specific maximum user count.
Stand-Alone Today, Integrable Tomorrow
The stand-alone .NET application is complete and available from GitHub while future paid distribution and a possible Microsoft Store release are evaluated.
Simple BOL is useful on its own for organizations that ship goods without a traditional order system, while live data integration remains valuable when a warehouse workflow requires it.
An external system could create customers and pre-BOLs in MongoDB so each shipment is already queued in that day's ListView for the warehouse to complete, print, and email.
jKirkerx connects software engineering, reseller operations, partnerships, and practical product work. Visit the project pages for Spark Journal, Simple BOL, PCAD Toolkit, and VDos 2026.