Link to download : http://rainbow.googlecode.com/files/rainbow2.0.0.1881e.7z 

Install in  Detail : http://base.iocluster.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_Install_Rainbow 

Online demo : http://www.ramseur.net/

 

     I released this 5 days ago and am ready to release this to the public.  We had about 1800 downloads before I deprecated the  test version.  Thanks to all who tried it.  This version is officially 2.0.0.1881e and should be the version of choice for rainbow.  It allows you to deploy the rainbow base production 1.6 code on the 2.0 framework to take advantage of the new 2.0 features.  There are only minor bugs ( mostly in modules as the 2.0 framework has changed a lot ) which should not raise a big issue.  We can start to attack these as the public reports them in the issue list.  I only found one strong one in XML as 2.0 doesnt like the 1.1 way of how the module use to work.  I got this module to work by hacking it and will work on a better fix before I submit it.  I updated all the readme and license files.  Please read these for information on install.  Install can be done with the basic 1.1 way however 2.0 offers some new ways.  You can now just open the solution file, set your connection string, and hit control - f5.  No more setting up IIS ( unless you want to deploy into production). You can also publish the site to make a pre-compiled version which can perform installs if youd like.  And lastly, you have the option of creating an mdf file in the app_data directory thereby creating a pre-installed version of rainbow.  You can then customize this version to be however youd like and re-deploy as needed.  Works well in a SQL Express environment as Ive found the other versions of 2005 dont like attach files.

 

In theory an update from 1.6.0.1880x to 2.0.0.1881e:  In theory, this version could update your 1.6 databases.  You would simply have to download the code, extract it, point it to our db and it "should" update your db to 2.0.0.1881 .  I have done major test on fresh install and need help on the update efforts. 

 
Special thanks goes to Jose as he helped me with some issues.