DISCUSSION A: Please note that this
article is about a non-current version of
Currency Server.
The most significant new features introduced in version 4 are:
- Built-in support for all currencies
and locales of the world (with manual or
automatic updates)
- Specific support for EMU currencies
as their status changes (includes
support for past and future euro
currencies)
- Internationalization features
(Unicode support, multi-language
currency names, symbols, formats, etc.)
- Find most likely currency by
internet TLD, country code, Windows LCID
and numerical currency code
- Output formatted currency values,
names and symbols as HTML code
- DCOM-compatible COM/ActiveX
interface
- Managed .NET code, including SOAP
interface for remote Web service clients
on any platform
- New Currency Server Manager user
interface (with quick access via
notification area icon)
- New options to support multiple FX
servers (for data aggregation, failover,
cross-checks, etc.)
- New monitoring features
(fluctuations, lack of updates, software
responsiveness, etc.)
- New and improved notification
functionality (SMTP, redesigned
single-window on-screen messages, etc.)
- Security sandbox
- Automatic post-update action (e.g.
to export to XML, INI, CSV or SQL)
- Plug-in filters (with sample source
code) offer virtually unlimited support
for different data providers, protocols
and formats
- New XPath-enabled universal XML data
source filter (for easier support of new
providers)
- Built-in support for new data
formats and for additional providers of
exchange rate data
- Advanced deployment options via
Windows Installer (MSI) technology or by
copying .NET assembly and Web service
files
- Deployment profiles can be saved to
file for one-step configuration (e.g.
from staging to production system)
- Easier integration with existing
Quality Management System and Euro
Changeover procedures
- Enhanced support for Windows Server
2003, Windows XP, .NET Framework 1.1,
Terminal Services, Office System 2003
and hyper-threading CPUs
- Simple activation of optional
add-ons from the Software tab in
Currency Server Manager
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