WebORB for .NET release status update

We have been extremely busy working on the GA release of WebORB Professional for .NET. We will be releasing a Release Candidate 1 this week with a ton of new features. Here's a list of what's coming up:

• New Flex-based console. The new console is a flex application serving as a gateway for anything you ever want to do with the product. It includes quick start guide, a TON of examples, service browser, license manager, deployment manager, documentation and a lot more
  
• Code generator - the service browser mentioned above provides a way to see all deployed .NET classes (organized in a namespace tree). Select a class, choose code style (Flex/AS, Flash Remoting/AS2, Carngorm, ARP, AJAX) and the console automatically generates client-side access code (with all the value object classes). There's also a link to download all the generated code in a zip.
• Test Drive - for any selected method in the service browser, we provide a way to invoke it right from the console. You get a list of arguments with an type-sensitive editor so you can enter data. Once you provide values for the arguments, click Invoke to send a method invocation. Once the result is available, it is shown in a tree-like structure. The coolest part is once invoked, you can download source code that performs the same invocation with the argument values you just entered.
• There is a bunch of Flex Remoting examples to showcase various features of the product. Here's a list of what we have thus far:
  - Basic Flex Remoting invocation with MXML or ActionScript
  - Sending and receiving an object
  - Client-server class mappings
  - Secure invocation with credentials
  - Populating tree control with remote data
  - DataGrid with remote data source (shows how to fetch data and send updates)
  - Remote invocation exception handling
  - Integration with ARP (Pizza Service)
• Lot's of bug fixes in the code
  

The GA release will be shortly after RC1 and will include additional features in the console (Security configuration, Service exposure (remoting and soap) and Service monitoring).

Stay tuned for more announcements!