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Thats right folks, there is a new version of the Bursting Designer out. One of the best new features of the Bursting Designer 3.7 is XDO Protocol support*. If you used the previous versions and were unsatisfied, please give the app a second try!

*In order to use the XDO Protocol a DBC file is required. The DBC for the EBS application suite can be found under $FND_TOP/secure.

Also, the previous versions of the application could crash because of invalid path to a format template. That issue has now been resolved and the app is very stable (and faster). If you do have issues, please let me know. I can't fix what I don't know about.

Bursting Designer Download Site
Bursting Designer - By clicking on the download link you will be redirected to a different site. The bursting designer is java webstart application. Java 6 is required to run this application. It's recommended to bookmark this particular blog and the download site. This is because you will need to use these links every time you wish to run the Bursting Designer or find news about updates. It's technically not a requirement to use the webstart application for the java savvy developers but in doing so you will miss out on future updates and releases. It's important to note the Bursting Designer jar files will be loaded on your machine. This allows for a significant increase in performance. If you need to remove this application for some reason, go to add/remove applications.

Whats new in the Bursting Designer 1.2?

Version 1.2 is here and it includes the following enhancements:

1. Excel Output
   
2. Templates tab fix. If you enter more than one template row it may have potentially caused the application to crash. Also, the templates could potentially be assigned to all the deliveries.

Whats next?

The Bursting Designer 1.3 will include enhanced printer options that are undocumented by Oracle. The following attributes will be added to the Printer delivery tab:

1. attributes-charset
2. attributes-natural-language
3. document-format
4. job-name
5. media
6. orientation-requested
7. requesting-user-name
8. sides

The Delivery Designer is also another skunk works project that I'm working on. The tentative release will be sometime in December or late January. This tool will allow a developer to test the delivery APIs without writing a lick of code. There is no need to speculate, whether or not a delivery API is capable of a particular integration point.

Ever been asked, "Can we send a document to an EDI system using as2 Document Delivery APIs?" I know I have and I really didn't have a confident answer of yes or no and I had no way of finding out without writing some code. So, the Delivery Designer will let you kick the tires so speak before making a coding commitment. You'll be able to tell your manager confidently, yes this will work!

More details to follow....

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