Re: PureEdge Viewer for Macs question Leanne Every 10 Jan 2007 13:54 EST

Bob - can you send me the URL for the new Mac software?  I looked on the G.g
website but want to be sure I am pointing people in the right direction.

Thanks,
Leanne

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From: "Robert Beattie" <xxxxxx@UMICH.EDU>
To: <xxxxxx@hrinet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] PureEdge Viewer for Macs question

> Barbara, Thanks for the positive comment about UM.
>
> I missed the original question as I was just at the FDP meeting,
> listening to all the new things the new Vendor (General Dynamics) for
> Grants.gov (Integrator they are called) is going to do.  It was all  about
> what I would call the engine, while we grants people are  concerned about
> the interior aspects, to use a car analogy.  Where  are the cup holders
> and how does the radio work.  Not much on that  last part presented.  But
> I gave them our list of what Research  Administrators want.  The new
> manager of G.g is very anxious to get a  good product, so there is hope.
> The General Dynamics folks too seem  interested -- they came to the
> meeting which shows a good start.
>
> Regarding the Mac situation for the present.  While I was in a  meeting
> last Sunday, I showed a person sitting next to me, who had an  nice Intel
> Mac laptop, how to download the new IBM Viewer Program.   She did so and
> then I gave her a complete application I happen to  have with me.  She
> opened it, looked around and hit the submit  button.  The login screen
> appeared, I signed in with my username and  password and the "Do you want
> to submit" screen came up.  So it worked!
>
> The error message that Simone refers to may well be a result of her
> trying to install without administrator access.  The install must be  at
> the admin level.  The program must stay where it is installed.  It  can be
> put on the Dock (a cool Mac thing that shows frequently used  programs on
> a sidebar), but must stay in the folder where it is  installed.
>
> I believe the Mac problem is solved.  As Simone notes, the release  notes
> are not up to date. I have gotten applications that were  created on a
> non-Mac and could open with Mac with no problem.  I now  hope that I will
> be able to use my iPhone to download, fill in and  submit applications :)
>
> If anyone does download the new IBM Viewer for Mac, please let me  know
> how it goes.  I will compile comments and send to Grants.gov.   If people
> have problems or questions feel free to contact me directly.
>
> As a "by the way" comment, what will we call the new General Dynamics
> program?  No more PureEdge Forms.  Who likes "Adobe Forms?"  That is  too
> generic as Adobe already has meaning in other contexts.  Maybe we  need a
> term that trans-sends the actual product.  If there is System  to System
> as S2S, maybe the ex-PureEdge approach is Person to  System:  P2S.  The
> Grants.gov manager said she was open to suggestions.
>
> I recommend that people try the new Mac stuff.  Much effort has gone  in
> to getting this for us - Grants.gov, NIH, IBM, FDP and others.
>
> keep in touch.
>
> Bob
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>
>
> On Jan 9, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Barbara Bralver wrote:
>
> My understanding is that until the Adobe version is adopted on April  1,
> 2007, this isn't really going to work with MACs.  The folks at the
> University of Michagan probably are the most knowledgable about the
> MAC/Grants.gov conundrum.  Good luck. bAt 02:47 PM 1/9/2007, you wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I heard through the grapevine that Grants.gov had issued an newer
>> version of the PureEdge viewer (IBM Workplace Forms) for the Mac.  I'd
>> also heard that this new and improved version was compatible  with the
>> Intel Macs and, indeed, the G.gov site now includes a link  for
>> downloading the Intel-based version ( http://www.grants.gov/
>> resources/download_software.jsp#pureedgeviewer ). (though, the  release
>> notes still state that IBM Workplace Forms isn't supported  on the Intel
>> processors--go figure!).
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone had run into any problems getting the  software
>> to install on their Intel-based Mac. I can get to the very  last step
>> (actually clicking <Install>), but am met with this ever- so-helpful
>> message: There was an error installing the software.  Please try
>> installing again.
>>
>> Any hints?
>> Thanks,
>> Simone
>>
>> Simone Alpen
>> Office for Sponsored Programs
>> Harvard University
>> 1350 Massachusetts Avenue
>> Cambridge, MA 02138
>> tel. 617-4962517
>> fax 617-496-2524
>> www.era.harvard.edu
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