Architecture
Deal Manager is an entirely web-based interface to DealBuilder Server to provide enhanced document creation and document metadata management.

Customization
Deal Manager's look-and-feel is controlled by a set of cascading style sheets, as well as easy-to-use Microsoft .NET web page controls.

Integration with DealBuilder Server
Deal Manager presents a wrap-around web interface for communicating with DealBuilder Server and offers pre- and post document creation functions to the user. Deal Manager communicates with the DealBuilder Server through a standard COM interface. To offer a complete Microsoft .NET web application, Deal Manager bypasses the use of DealBuilder Server's standard set of ASP pages and re-implements these using Microsoft .NET web forms applications.

Deal Manager Custom Integration
Deal Manager is entirely written using Microsoft .NET web programming technology, and can be integrated to existing information systems using standard .NET methodology.

Data
Custom extension of Deal Manager can be implemented using Microsoft .NET methodology, which means that any data transfer methods supported by Microsoft .NET framework can be considered. These include data retrieved from database or xml files.

Security
The security model is based on the standard Microsoft .NET features and Windows integrated security.

Deal Manager Functions
Create, view, edit business or process specific projects, each of which can contain a cluster of metadata and associated documents Version control of the data used to create and update documents, mail-based routing.

Document Output Formats
Deal Manager uses the standard DealBuilder Server for document generation, which supports the direct generation of RTF, HTML, XML and TEXT formats. An additional add-on component handles the generation of .pdfs.