RE: RE: WDSC With Aldon's A/CMS

Defiantly lacking certainly indicates intent.

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:11:19 -0500, "chris beck" <cbeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> Thanks Charles, 
> 
> I also talked with them late on Friday and they had me do the same thing,
> I just did not get it posted yet.
> 
> It is defiantly lacking in many areas. There is no reason I should not
> have all the functionality I normally have within RSE under the Aldon
> Filter, in addition to all the functions from the green screen.  
> 
> Hopefully they will listen and make the plug in useful. 
> 
> 
> Chris 
> 
> >>> <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 07/05/04 09:43AM >>>
> Chris,
> 
> Aldon tech support had me create a new workspace.  I had to reinstall the
> plugin ( I used the update manager following the directions on Aldon's
> site).  Once the plugin was installed I created a new connection and
> change
> the default library on the ACMS subsystem tab of the connection to
> ACMSLIB.
> 
> I was able to create an ACMS filter without the Java null-pointer
> exception
> error.
> 
> Seems to be working fine.
> 
> Now we just need them to make the plugin useful!
> 
> Limitations I've noticed so far:
> 1) Long object names not supported (they don't show up!)
> 2) Object descriptions are not shown in the table view.
> 3) No option to "open with" CODE Designer on DSPF or PRTF from RSE though
> you can from the Resource perspective.
> 
> **and the big ones**
> 4) You can't do the equivalent of a "14-Create"
> 5) You can't seem to be able to do a promote from ITG or QUA to the next
> higher.  Just a "Checkin" from DVP to next higher.
> 
> 
> Number 5 is new, just ran into it this weekend.  I'll be mentioning it to
> Aldon today or tomorrow.  According to the Aldon people I've talked to,
> they
> agree that #4 is a significant problem and are working hard on getting
> everything resolved.  Problems 1,2,3 should be corrected relatively
> quickly.
> Number 4 ( and I assume 5) are still be researched by development and
> will
> take more time.
> 
> I'm not particularly impressed by the speed at which the Aldon resolves
> happen.  I mentioned it to one of the people I spoke to but I think I'll
> mention it again.  Takes way to long to resolve objects checked out to my
> user profile.
> 
> HTH,
> Charles
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: chris beck [mailto:cbeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:30 AM
> > To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Subject: [WDSCI-L] RE: WDSC With Aldon's A/CMS
> > 
> > 
> > Have you or any one else figured out how to use this plugin 
> > with A/CMS?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    I've downloaded Aldon's plug-in for their Affiniti and 
> > A/CMS products, but
> >    I am having difficulty making sense of it. This is 
> > possibly because we
> >    don't use Affiniti, though their web site implies you can 
> > use the plug-in
> >    without Affiniti.
> > 
> >    I'm talking to their tech support, but it's a bit new to 
> > them as well, so
> >    I wondered if anyone else has already gone down this road.
> > 
> >      
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