Open RETS Client / News: Recent posts

Announcing the release of ORC 0.8.1. This latest version of ORC contains a few minor updates and includes the following:

* changes to the supporting help documentation and application, identifying new contact information and a new project web site.

* a new installation package, based on a multiplatform GUI installer designed to be completely cross-platform compatible (really cool technology -- ref. http://www.installjammer.com/\)

Annoncing the release of ORC 0.8.0. This latest version
of ORC now supports both a graphical front-end and console (command-line) interface. ORC has been totally redesigned to support:

* a GUI
* an embedded database
* a command-line interface
* support for managing multiple MLSs within the GUI
* Search, GetObject, GetMetadata, Login, ChangePassword,
Logout, and Action Transaction support
* Automatic Metadata updates

* Added support for the OpenHouse Resource

Well, it's been a while...however, some minor but significant changes have taken place. These changes include:

* Updates to the GetObject transaction to correct a bug related to retrieving images

* An additional mlsrcords.dat Search Type parameter -- User.

* An additional mlsrecords.dat Class parameter -- UserCLass.

All updates to the ORC were provided by Jim Menges. THANKS!!

\* Added a new command-line option to support the Search
  Transaction's Offset parameter. The new option is defined
  as follows:

  -o offset  indicates to the server that it should start

sending data back to the client beginning with
the record number indicated. A value of '1'
indicates the server should begin with the first
record.

\* Fixed a minor bug that caused the application to fail if
  the Action Transaction was unsupported by a given RETS Server.... [read more](/p/openretsclient/news/2003/12/orc-0711-released/)

The ORC is an open-source, command-line application written in Java, designed to retrieve Multiple Listing Service related data from a remote/local Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS) compatible server. This release includes significant bug fixes, and the addition of two command-line options.