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                     Dimeric Software

                    Product Information

                           Rinse

                       FULL Version

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Thank you for purchasing Rinse -- we hope you will find it as
useful and reliable as we do.  If you have any questions or
comments, please vist our website...

  http://www.Dimeric.com/

or visit our online support forums...

  http://www.Dimeric.com/DSWeb/support/index.php

or send us an email...

  Support@Dimeric.com


Release Notes
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2.2.7 - Nov 30, 2004

  * All Rinse requests now contain full version 
    information (all four numbers in the version info).

  * RinseStatefulClient: 
    - Provide a way for clients to clear the cookie 
      without contacting the server.  This would only 
      be done after it has been determined that the 
      client is out of contact with the server.

  * RinseThreadedClient:
    - Provide a way to determine when the threaded 
      client is busy (ThreadedClientBusy function).
    - New routines: SuppressThreadedClientErrors and
      RestoreThreadedClientErrors.

  * RinseHTTPClient: Publish the Disconnect method, 
    and enhance it to close the socket before releasing it.

  * RinseTypes.rinse: Added IStreamableException.

  * RinseServices:
    - New standard context names: 
      sRinseContextFactory and sRinseAsync.
    - New standard context names: 
      sRinseError and sRinseTaskLog.  
    - New function: GetRinseError.
    - Store the exception in the context as an 
      IStreamableException.

  * RinseSkelBase:
    - In TRinseSkelBase._AfterRequest, put the exception, 
      if any, into the context as sRinseError.
      Remove it after releasing the context.

  * New Units:
    - RinseAsyncServer.pas
    - RinseEventTypes.rinse
    - RinseEventService.rinse
    - RinseEventClient.pas
    - RinseEventService_Impl.pas
    - RinseTaskServer.pas


Getting Started
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After you install Rinse, you can use the New Rinse Application 
Wizard, File | New | Rinse | Rinse Application, to create a new 
Rinse client and server application.  Also, the Tools | Rinse 
Explorer command allows you to configure the Rinse Translator 
(this command can be found on the Help menu in Delphi 5).


Documentation
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Rinse comes with extensive documentation, as well as an in-depth
tutorial (which is the best place to begin).  The tutorial can be
found in Dimeric\RinseTutorial\Tutorial.rtf.  The source code for
each step of the tutorial can be found in the folder
Dimeric\RineTutorial\Step N, where N is the step number.  These
projects represent the completed tutorial step, and are ready to
compile and run.

The Rinse documentation is Dimeric\Doc\Rinse Intro.rtf, and is
partly a reference -- the tutorial is a better place to begin.

Documentation on the units in RinseLib is located in the
Dimeric\Help folder.  The install program automatically integrates
this help file into Delphi's IDE help system.


Deploying Applications Built With Rinse
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Rinse features royalty-free application deployment.  You may
distribute free of charge applications (EXE files) and
libraries (DLL and BPL files) built with Rinse and/or DSUtil.
You may not distribute Rinse or DSUtil source code (PAS, INT,
DCU and DCP files).

See the software license (License.txt) for more information.