X-Cart forums - Drop down to select shipping carrier for tracking

I have an idea that I don't think would be to hard to implement but I don't quite have the skills to do it. When I log into the admin and enter a tracking number for an order that has been completed x-cart assumes that I used a certain method to ship. i.e. if the customer selected UPS Ground and I enter a tracking number when I click on track it I will be forward to the UPS site. However, if for some reason I had to ship that order via USPS the track it button will not work but x-cart still thinks I used UPS. Also if I use a customer shipping method x-cart doesn't know which carrier I used and doesn't not provide a track it button.

This is the change I will like to implement. Below the tracking number box in the /main/history_order.tpl I would like to add a drop down menu that would allow me to select which carrier I used. i.e. UPS, Fedex, USPS

Then based on the carrier I selected x-cart would decide which shipping module template to use.

I believe this could all be done by just editing 1 file /main/history_order.tpl

Under this code in the history_order.tpl the drop down menu could be added. By the way the drop down menu should not be visible to the customer.

Code:

{$lng.lbl_tracking_number}:




<INPUT type="text" name="tracking" value="{$order.tracking}"{if $usertype eq 'C'} readonly{/if}>

{if $usertype eq "A"}

Then the drop down menu could be assigned by editing this code near the bottom of the same tpl

Code:

{/if}

{assign var="postal_service" value=$order.shipping|truncate:3:"":true}

{if $active_modules.Order_Tracking ne ""}

{if $postal_service eq "UPS"}

{include file="modules/Order_Tracking/ups.tpl"}

{elseif $postal_service eq "USP"}

{include file="modules/Order_Tracking/usps.tpl"}

{elseif $postal_service eq "Fed"}

{include file="modules/Order_Tracking/fedex.tpl"}

{/if}

I believe the modules could be left how they are but $postal_service could be assigned to the drop down box rather than the $order.shipping

I may have missed some things that need to be changed but hopefully this will help someone with more expertise than me to write a good mod.

I do want to get this taken care of soon if someone has a moment. :)