OASIS MEMBER NEWS: Microsoft Jumpstart Kit version K released

[Laura Walker <laurawalker@earthlink.net>]

From: Dan Rogers <danro@microsoft.com>

	Jumpstart Kit version K released
	Tuesday, October 19, 1999
	Abstract
	19 October, 1999 - Today, Microsoft released an update to the
BizTalk Jumpstart Kit

<http://www.biztalk.org/News/newsRead.asp?NewsID=16308>. The update 
includes
enhanced tools and samples, updates and cross platform support.

	In September, Microsoft released the BizTalk Jumpstart Kit - a full
sample architecture and tool set for building and adding XML support to 
new
and existing applications. Since that time, thousands of copies of the
BizTalk Jumpstart Kit have been downloaded and given to developers that 
want
to see how easy it is to write application extensions that use XML to 
solve
the tough interop challenges that face businesses today.
	Feedback has been streaming in praising the BizTalk Jumpstart Kit
for simplifying the tough technical challenge of learning to be effective
with XML. Based on that feedback, the first update to the Jumpstart Kit 
was
released on 19 October, 1999. The BizTalk Jumpstart kit update is released
as two separate files. The first file is the full BizTalk Jumpstart Kit
version K <http://206.132.62.135/BizTalkJumpstartKitK.zip>. This is a full
kit with all updates applied.
	The second file is the update patch
<http://206.132.62.135/Jumpstart_Fix_01.zip> that is intended for use by
customers that have already downloaded the Jumpstart Kit version J that 
was
released in September.
	Enhancements include:
*	Enhanced Tools: Tool enhancements include broader support for
complex schema constructs in the code generators.
*	Improved selector: The selector has been reworked to provide greater
through-put, more flexible message routing, greater stability under
application error conditions and improved system log debugging messages.
*	Debugging Assistants: Optional tools let you route XML messages
received to a view window.
*	Cross Platform Support: A PERL version of the basic toolkit
infrastructure is provided in a compressed archive (.tar)
*	Enhanced sample: Sample program HTML has been upgraded to be more
efficient.
	While the Jumpstart Kit continues to be unsupported source code,
enhancement and support requests for the toolkit are managed through the
community discussion areas on this web site (www.biztalk.org).