What is WebORB?

WebORB is a platform enabling development, deployment and runtime execution of Rich Internet Applications. The product facilitates connectivity between rich clients created with Flex, Flash or AJAX and server-side applications developed with .NET, Java, Ruby on Rails, PHP or XML Web Services.

Midnight Coders has launched WebORB PDF Generator, a solution consisting of a SDK and runtime PDF generation engine that enables Flex, Flash, AJAX and Silverlight clients to create PDF documents from application data. The product is designed for organizations that need to support complex work flows and also capture Rich Internet Application data into customizable PDF documents for online or offline electronic or paper distribution.

Features:

• WYSIWIG PDF template design
• Custom Rendering provides flexibility for custom design for generated documents
• Graphical Template Design using FlexBuilder and VisualStudio enables developers to create templates from within a preferred development environment
• Flexible Data Binding methodologies provide options for developers to include content from the application domain as well as external data sources
• Server-side PDF Generation centralizes administration
• Embeddable Flex/flash content such as chat and streaming media can be rendered within a generated PDF document

Other tools for Rich Internet Application Development:

• Flash
• FlexM
• JQuery
• Silverlight
• AJAX