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 ------------------------------ Robert Beattie UMich Grants.gov Liaison Managing Project Representative for Electronic Research Administration Division of Research Development and Administration University of Michigan xxxxxx@umich.edu (734) 936-1283 Learn more about Grants.gov @ UMICH http://www.research.umich.edu/era/grants_gov/ 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 > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are > available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on > "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== Barbara Bralver Director, Office of Grants and Contracts Lehman College CUNY and Research Foundation Campus Liaison 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, New York 10468 718-960-8107 (Telephone) 718-960-8227 (Facsimile) 914-329-0652 (Cell Phone for emergencies only) ====================================================================== I nstructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================
