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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 > ------------------------------ > 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") > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================
