gSOAP on OpenVMS v.12 Released

gSOAP on OpenVMS v.12 is now available. See the release notes for additional information.

It is the same as V2.8.3 of the open source gSOAP kit.

There is also a new version of the FIDDLE guide. See the release notes for further news on the latest version.

For complete information and very good background reading on gSOAP, please see the definitive guide.

If you would like a kit, please submit an email to brett.r.cameron(at)gmail.com and johndapps(at)gmail.com stating which platform and, if you have time, your intent for the software.

Please see the BC&JA homepage for additional information and other available products from the world of open source.

gSOAP on OpenVMS V0.8 Released

BC&JA are happy to announce the latest version of gSOAP on OpenVMS!
The Release Notes contain information on installation and operation of the software.

The major additions in this release follow:

Plug-ins
gSOAP provides a powerful mechanism for extending its capabilities through the use of plug-ins, and a variety of pre-existing plug-in modules are available. These plug-ins are now included with the OpenVMS kit and may be found in the gsoap$root:[plugin] directory. There are plug-ins to support HTTP GET requests, WS-Security, and many more. It should be noted that not all of the supplied plug-ins have been tested on OpenVMS, and the authors would appreciate feedback on any issues that are encountered.

DOM support
The gSOAP DOM implementation is now provided and may be utilised by linking applications with the object  library gsoap$root:[lib]gsoapdom.olb. Please note that this library also includes SSL support, and it is therefore necessary to link applications with the OpenVMS SSL libraries (see Section 4.4). This requirement will be removed in future releases.

WS-Security (WSSE) example
An example program that illustrates the use of the WSSE plug-in is now included with the distribution. This fairly complicated example also uses the gSOAP DOM implementation and SSL. It should be noted that it will be necessary to obtain new certificates in order to use the SSL functions.


Please do let us know how you get on with this latest kit! As always, send an email to brett.r.cameron(AT)gmail.com and johndapps(AT)gmail.com stating whether you require Alpha or Integrity or both kits.

gSOAP on OpenVMS Kit Announcements

BC&JA are proud to formally announce that Version 06 for gSOAP on OpenVMS is available!

Version 06 includes updated documentation and a completely rewritten user guide for (Fast Interface Dynamic Definition Language for lusty Enterprises) FIDDLE, a tool for developing gSOAP interfaces for HP ACMS.

Version 06 includes support for FastCGI and multi-national character sets such as Hebrew. The release have been updated to include documentation on using gSOAP with Apache FastCGI and with WASD. We have created a new Web page for FastCGI on OpenVMS and encourage you to take a look.

Please see the first comment to this entry for details on additional Web Services you might wish to try. We hope to provide examples of these with the next kit release. Meanwhile, if you manage to implement one or two, we would be very happy to include them in the kit!

Please send a brief note requesting a kit to:

• brett.r.cameron@gmail.com and
• johndapps@gmail.com

Please specify in your mail:

• OpenVMS version (can be 7.3.-2 on Alpha)
• Hardware platform (Alpha or Integrity)

You may review the installation guide and release notes prior to requesting a kit. C++ is not required unless you wish to develop code using that language, of course. If you using ACMS, you might also wish to peruse the FIDDLE

Please do leave a comment, it can be anonymous if you prefer, when you download a kit!

We very much wish to keep track of who is using the software. Why? 

• So that we can influence management to turn the gSOAP on OpenVMS software into a supported Open Source product, for instance
• So that we can write SPAM mails to you :-)
• So that we can see how much interest there really is...

Regards, BC&JA

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Regards, BC&JA