Looks like someone's solved one of my major issues with using Manila as a content management system for commerical websites:

Radio/Frontier/Manila working with E-xact WebService

John revised (thanks!) the E-xact WebService to get around the problems (here and here) that we were experiencing when trying to make the E-xact e-commerce Web Service work with Radio/Frontier/Manila.

John simply removed the need for a nested transaction. And presto, now the E-xact WebService works with Radio/Manila/Frontier!

To make this a product all you need (I think) is the E-xact Web Services SDK and a SOAP client that works over https (I think Macrobyte's client TLS implementation for Radio/Frontier/Manila should work but I haven't tested it. It is FREE however).

Email support@e-xact.com if you are interested in using the E-xact Web Services SDK.

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