Free Flash Remoting for .NET

I briefly mentioned it in the previous post, but news like that definitely require one of its own. So what's news? Simply put, we included support for Flash Remoting into the free Standard Edition of WebORB. Currently WebORB is the only product in the industry providing a no-charge option for Flash Remoting developers working with .NET. Let me try to address some of the questions you might have:

Q. How can I get the standard edition of WebORB?
A. The process is quite simple. Register and logon to the 'downloads' area on our website (http://www.themidnightcoders.com/download/) . Download WebORB 2.0 Beta 3. Use the form on the same download page to generate a license key for the standard edition. Upon completion you will receive an email with the license key and instructions for activating it.

Q. What are the limitations of the WebORB Standard Edition for .NET
A. The following page from our user guide provides a comparison between standard and professional editions of the product: http://www.themidnightcoders.com/doc20/?t=5 .Basically you get full blown Flash Remoting capability, you can invoke any method on any .NET object or 3rd party web service. You can do data binding and retrieve database records just by returning instances of DataSet from your methods. Database paging however is available in the Professional edition. Also service/method security, message server, management console, support for abstract arguments, service and argument factories, call tracing are the features available in the professional edition. Most importantly professional support and upgrades come only with WebORB Professional.

Q. Do I still need Macromedia's Flash Remoting gateway?
A. No, WebORB is a complete replacement of the Macromedia's Flash Remoting Gateway. Simply drop WebORB assembly into your ASP.NET application and your classes are immediately available to the Flash Remoting clients (if you would like to secure them, consider upgrading to WebORB Professional :). WebORB is a non-intrusive solution, we do not require any changes to your classes at all.

More to come, stay tuned.