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Solid Edge Insight

Opening Solid Edge Documents via Internet Explorer Hyperlinks

 Version:v103.0.0.114 Date:13October2010

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Description
Solid Edge ST3 supports Insight on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010 (64bit). There is one combination where you cannot open Solid Edge documents via hyperlinks using SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Internet Explorer 8. While we wait on a resolution from Microsoft, managed Solid Edge documents can also be opened via a new ST3 Open in Solid Edge"webpart. Thisdocumentprovidesadditionaldetailsrelatedtothisknownissue.

Summary
Thetestresultsaresummarizedbelow. 13OCT2010: 1. ThetestcaseresultswereinfluencedbyMicrosoftOffice,WindowsInternetExplorerand MicrosoftSharePoint. 2. MicrosoftOffice2007isaminimumtouseSharePoint2010. 3. TherewasasinglerepeatableworkflowthatresultedinanInsightmanageddocument beingopenedinSolidEdgeineachtestedcombinationwhenMicrosoftOfficewasinstalled withMicrosoftOffice2007asaminimum. 4. Underspecificcombinations,aSolidEdgeAssemblywouldopeninNotepad.AUGSolutions Articledocumentstheresolution.

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ScopeandTestPlanResults
Variables: WindowsOperatingSystem o WindowsXP,32/64bit o WindowsVista,32/64bit o Windows7,32/64bit MicrosoftOffice o NoOffice o Office2003 o Office2007 o Office2010,32/64bit WindowsInternetExplorer o IE6 o IE7 o IE8 o Note:Wheninstalledona64bitOS,IEisavailableasa32and64bitapplication SolidEdge o 32bitapplicationon32bitOS o 64bitapplicationon64bitOS o 32bitapplicationon64bitOS

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TestCase1:WindowsXPServicePack3(32bit)Office2003Summary Office2003;InternetExplorerandSharePointwerevariables. o PASS:IE6+WSS3.0 o PASS:IE7+WSS3.0 o PASS:IE7+SharePoint2010 o PASS:IE8+WSS3.0 o FAIL:IE8+SharePoint2010 CouldnotusetheHyperlinktoopenSolidEdgecontent(Proposedresolution:UpgradeOfficetoatleast2007) SolidEdgeAssembly(*.asm)wasassociatedwithNotepadandrenderedthebinarydocumentnouserprompt. TestCase2:Windows7(32bit)NoOfficeSummary Officewasnotinstalled;InternetExplorer8;SharePointvaried. o PASS:IE8+WSS3.0(*.asmopenedinNotepad) o FAIL:IE8+SharePoint2010 CouldnotusetheHyperlinktoopenSolidEdgecontent SolidEdgeAssembly(*.asm)wasassociatedwithNotepadandrenderedthebinarydocumentnouserprompt.

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T TestCase3:Wind dows7(32bit) Office2007SP2 2Summary Office2007SP2;InternetExplorer8;Share ePointvaried. o Office2007introd O ducednewdialog g SelectRea adOnlyDownlo oadFiledialog SelectEdi itDocumentop penedinSolidEdg ge o PASS:IE8+WSS3.0 P adOnlyDownlo oadFiledialog(A ASMopened) SelectRea SelectEdi itDocumentop penedinSolidEdg ge*(ASMinNote epad) o PARTIAL:IE8+SharePoint2010 P FAIL:Sele ectReadOnlyD DownloadFiledialog NoOpencomma N and(cannotuset thisworkflow) Assemblyopenedinwebpage(bel A lieveitisassociat tedtoNotepad) userpresentedbinarydata PASS:Sele ectEditAllSolid dEdgedocument topenedinSolid dEdge

FigureA:OpenDo F ocument

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TestCase4:Windows7(32bit)Office2010Summary Office2010;InternetExplorer8;SharePointvaried. o Office2010implementsthesameOpenDocumentexperienceasOffice2007. SelectReadOnlyDownloadFiledialog SelectEditDocumentopenedinSolidEdge o PASS:IE8+WSS3.0 SelectReadOnlyDownloadFiledialog(ASMopened) SelectEditDocumentopenedinSolidEdge*(ASMinNotepad) o PARTIAL:IE8+SharePoint2010 FAIL:SelectReadOnlyDownloadFiledialog NocommandOpen(cannotusethisworkflow) Assemblyopenedinwebpage(believeitisassociatedtoNotepad)userpresentedbinarydata PASS:SelectEditAllSolidEdgedocumentopenedinSolidEdge Note:TheversionofSharePointdidnotinfluencetheOpenDocumentdialogshowninFigureA.

Therecommendedworkflowispresentedbelow.

Prerequisite:MicrosoftOffice2007orhigher.

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S Step1:Navigate etothemanageddocumentandselectthehyperlink. e n

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S Step2:SelectEd ditandthenOK K. N Note:SolidEdge ewilluseSeta asdefaultvalue(fromOpendialog)todetermineifthedocum entshouldbe e m m erequestedforw write a accessoropene edreadonly.

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F Figure3:ThemanagedAssemblyisopenedinSolidEdge b

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