Currency Server Overview

Currency Server was designed to be the most advanced currency-enabling component on the market. It provides exchange rate information and currency conversion and rounding services to COM/ActiveX and to .NET and SOAP Web service clients on any platform, and supports a larger number of independent providers of exchange rate data than other tools. By working locally rather than relying on remote servers for each transaction, Currency Server provides a unique level of performance, reliability and independence. The service is always available to satisfy thousands of information and conversion requests per second. Support for a variety of data providers (both free and subscription-based) and advanced administration notification options assure fault tolerance and peace of mind.

When the software is implemented on a web server, visitors can see prices in their "language" without having to use third-party sites for currency-related services and without being subject to external pop-ups, frames, advertising and cookies. Currency Server is one of the fastest and most cost-effective tools to add value to an e-commerce site. Either alone or as part of a complete internationalization effort, Currency Server can easily plug into an existing system and open up a new world of opportunities and user experience.

Applications

Possible applications include:

• E-commerce - Integration with web or commerce server to create a dual-currency or multi-currency shopping site (customers see prices in currency of their choice)
• Back-office - Interfacing with database, accounting, procurement, expense management, spreadsheets, etc.
• Information - Daily maintenance of an exchange rate data file on a LAN or web server (e.g. to post exchange rates in CSV, XML or HTML format, or for custom clients such as WorldCalc or Euro Calculator)
• Web services - Use as a .NET or SOAP server to provide web services to licensed remote clients

New! Currency Server 4.5

Currency Server 4.5 includes the following new features:

• 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 actions (e.g. to export to 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
• Easier integration with existing Quality Management System and Euro Changeover procedures
• Enhanced support for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (compatible with SP2), .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