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This release is to update a minor feature for the SST Registrations client. The ability to specify the type of request for registrations is now optional in the XML configuration file. More details can be found at: http://gateway.sourceforge.net/client-setup/sstregister-module.html

The Gateway client suite is here! This release combines all of the Gateway clients into one single executable. Along with the centralized client structure, we have added an extensive configuration system to allow more complex tasks to be performed with multiple client modules. These modules each communicate with one Gateway-related web service, SSTP, SQL, MeF, SST Registration to name a few. Modules can be configured using a new XML format and run in series or individually. The modules can be configured and run from within the GUI or from the command line using the same executable. In addition a new application exists to simplify creating the XML configurations, though it is still under development it still provides some useful functionality. This release replaces the previous "client-sstp-gui" project which is now accessible from within the gateway-client. Navigate over to the releases section and check it out!

The Vermont Department of Taxes is pleased to announce the 4.6.1 release of gateway. Gateway is an open source Java Enterprise Edition application from the Vermont Department of Taxes that implements Streamlined Sales Tax web services. The software also provides a web interface.

There have been many changes since version 4.5.0. Database transaction handling has been improved for users deploying MySQL database back-ends. Developers will like the decreased compile times due in part to the reduction in modules and a new dependency aware build script. Tax users will find our new document viewer and search features appealing and useful. Several minor bugs fixes and changes are also included.... read more

The Gateway team is excited to announce our interest in mentoring students for Google Summer of Code 2008 ( http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ ). A page has been added describing the program and possible project ideas for college students. We encourage you to take a look at our proposed projects and contact us with any other ideas you may have for a summer-long projects college students. Our Summer of Code page can be found at http://gateway.sourceforge.net/soc/index.html Also see the Google Summer of Code 2008 Flyer ( http://google-summer-of-code.googlecode.com/files/english_gsoc2008flyer.pdf ). Please note that this information is tentative, we have not been accepted as a mentoring organization yet. The list of accepted mentoring organizations should be posted on March 17th.

The Gateway team is pleased to announce the fourth release of Gateway Monitor. The Gateway is an open source JavaEE application developed by the Vermont Department of Taxes. It provides a web services framework for accepting Streamlined Sales Tax registrations and returns. Gateway Monitor is a Mozilla Firefox extension that interacts with the Streamlined Sales Tax web service. The extension's primary use is to function as a monitor. The extension periodically calls an SSTP web service's 'Ping' method and displays the results in the status bar. ... read more

The Gateway SSTP Client GUI has been released with a small update to the Streamline Sales Tax schema. The "SSTPAllowanceIndicator" element in New and COU Registrations now supports the enumeration of 3 values (Y, U, N). The validation within the client has been fixed to allow these values.

The Gateway SSTP Client GUI has been released. This release contains a few valuable GUI enhancements for sending test transmissions. By allowing the FIPS code to be changed for transmissions, any state's Gateway can be tested. Also, the transmissions the client generates for testing can now be displayed on demand. Head over to the downloads section to check it out!

The Gateway has changed a lot since the previous release. The directory structure for our Maven modules has been flattened to allow more flexibility in working with each individually. Development to support Modernized eFile has begun and many new modules are being set up. This release contains small changes and fixes across the board... Feel free to navigate to our downloads section and check it out!

The Gateway team is pleased to announce the second release of Gateway Monitor. The Gateway is an open source JavaEE application developed by the Vermont Dept of Taxes. It provides a web services framework for accepting Streamlined Sales Tax registrations and returns. Gateway Monitor is a Mozilla Firefox extension that interacts with the Streamlined Sales Tax web service. The extension's primary use is to function as a monitor. The extension periodically calls an SSTP web service's 'Ping' method and puts the results in the status bar.... read more

The gateway is an open source JavaEE application developed by the Vermont Dept of Taxes. It provides a web services framework for accepting Streamlined Sales Tax registrations and returns. It also includes a web interface for submitting transmissions.

The Gateway team is pleased to announce the 2.0 release of its graphical SSTP Client. The Gateway SSTP Client GUI is an open source application from the Vermont Department of Taxes for communicating with Streamlined Sales Tax web services. The program also includes a visual XML data verification tool.... read more

The Vermont Department of Taxes is pleased to announce the 3.0 release of gateway. Gateway is an open source JavaEE application from the Vermont Department of Taxes that implements Streamlined Sales Tax web services. This release of the program also includes a web interface.

There have been many changes since 3.0_beta2. All XML data is now fully validated against the appropriate schemas and run through a new modular rule system. The back end processing interface is now pluggable, so users can connect the gateway to their own processing system without too much effort. Unit tests have been improved with the creation of a data generator. JBoss 4.2.1 is now fully supported.... read more

The Gateway team is pleased to announce the 1.1 release of its graphical SSTP Client. The Gateway SSTP Client GUI is an open source application from the Vermont Department of Taxes for communicating with Streamlined Sales Tax web services. The program also includes a visual XML data verification tool.

This release includes extensive user interface enhancements. The biggest area of change was the data verifier. The XML data verification tool now contains a source editor with error highlighting. Previous versions only listed esoteric error messages. Additional UI tweaks were made in response to user feedback.... read more

A new version of the gateway was released today. The files are in the usual location. New Features include support for JBoss 4.2.0 and conversion from Apache MyFaces to JSF RI. The custom tags have been re-written to use the new Unified Expression Language. A demo mode was implemented and benchmarking tools were created. There are a few new ant targets written for packaging release files. We solved an exception in that was happening in putJobAcknowledgements and we fixed IE 7.0 browser bug. You must upgrade your JBoss installation to version 4.2.0 or this version of the gateway will not function properly.

The Oregon State University Open Source Lab has kindly donated some server space for us to host a demonstration of the gateway software. The site is intended to let interested parties explore the web portal without having to download and install the gateway. The site also provides third party application developers with a place to test their applications. You can access the site at the following URL: http://gateway-demo.osuosl.org

The Vermont Department of Taxes Gateway Team is pleased to announce the initial open source release of Gateway. Gateway is a JavaEE application developed by the Vermont Department of Taxes. It provides a web services framework for accepting Streamlined Sales Tax registrations and returns. It also includes a web interface for manually submitting transmissions. The goal is to build an extensible framework upon which future tax services can be built.... read more