What's New In V2.0?



We've added dozens of new features and enhancements to the RSSBus V2 Engine making it easier than ever to create and manage Simple Services.

Check out what's new in Version 2.0 below:

  

 

What's new in v2.0

For Service Users

  • New public service interface provides services consumers with easy service discovery features.
  • RSSBus V2 now has a new web based service configuration UI that makes it easy to configure service calls.
  • New service output formats including:
    • @xls - Dynamic Excel spreadsheets with embedded input parameters. Users change these parameters to automatically refresh the data.
    • @soap - Support for SOAP Service calls
    • @wsdl - SOAP WSDL based on service info.
    • @csv - Comma separated file output for easy integration with legacy formats
    • @tsv - Tab separated file output for easy integration with legacy formats

For Service Developers

  • New and Updated RSBScript Keywords
    • rsb:import - Load Connectors from the .NET Global Assembly Cache, and load different Connector versions explicitly
    • rsb:connector - Create new Connectors directly from rsb:script. Easily reuse script customizations in more than one service.
    • rsb:info - Supports richer meta-information, such as keywords, style etc.
    • rsb:call - Updated to record and push items that have not been previously accessed
  • Completely revamped and updated RSSBus Users Guide, updated with new examples

For RSSBus Connector Developers

  • Visual Studio 2008 Support for RSBScript Intellisense
  • RSBFileService provides an easy access layer that can work with the file system or variety of other data stores.

RSSBus Desktop V2 Specific Enhancements

  • New easy-to-use command-line interface offers the full power of the RSSBus Desktop. Call Desktop services and operations directly from the command-line. Combine command calls with the Windows scheduler to automate integration tasks.