[Geomedia-l] Re: Please Change !!

[Kevin Holle]

Richard,   
Jim and Jeff are correct, definitely keeping up with Ingr's 
releases, within reason, is good, they always have some 
new things that really help.   
Caveat Emptor (sort of)!!  Us veterans of Ingr products,   
(MGE/Microstation since 1990), know when Ingr releases 
hot fixes they always break something else.  It sounds 
like limited testing before release, but not being on the 
inside of Ingr we don't know why this keeps happening.   
For example, when moving to the GM Pro hot fix 
6.00.34.84 from 6.00.34.72, these are some things we   
had to deal with that did not happen prior to upgrade:   
1) when opening more than one .gws (yes, nice feature in   
    GeoMedia Pro, you can do that, it's ok and works   
    fine everyone - well, up to now anyway, or until   
    the next hot fix and it's fixed again), the second   
   .gws opens with all docked toolbars filling half the screen,   
   reducing the viewable area in the map window   
2) even though there is a checkmark next to spatial filter under   
    the warehouse menu, you still have to click on it before it will   
    say "no active filter".  You can't use any of the spatial filter   
     commands until you click on the menu to activate it   
3) in the layout window, the docked drawing/scaling toolbars   
     will now randomly disappear.  When this happens, we've found   
     a way to find these commands from the menus.  If you try to add   
     the toolbar again from the view menu, it will already show a   
     checkmark next to it like it is loaded - go figure.   
Basically, you want to read the info on what the hot fix has   
included or fixed, and if it doesn't pertain to you, it's best to   
skip and wait for the next one, or next one, or next....then do it.   
CR's and TR's are a good thing, and we need them.   
I hope this helps everyone,   
Kevin Holle, GIS Manager, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana USA   
++++++++++++++   
j.haffly at cox.net wrote:   

If you are running 6.0, make sure you get the current HotFix....   
lots of good stuff for DGN support.... Jim   
++++++++++++++   
Jeff_Hobbs at sjwater.com wrote:   

Richard,    
Feedback is always good. However, please keep in mind that   
this list is not sponsored nor necessarily monitored by Intergraph.   
The best way to get your feedback to Intergraph is by filing   
a worksheet. Since you're in Canada, your link is here:   
http://www.intergraph.ca/support/index.asp   
Intergraph will review the worksheet and get back to you.   
If it's a usability problem or just a general change, they will   
typically file a Change Request (CR). If you've found a bug,   
they'll typically file a Trouble Report (TR). Either way,   
at least you ensure your feedback makes it back to the   
company. Also, FYI - if you have the ability to upgrade,   
you will definitely like the changes between 5.2 and 6.0.   
They have done a lot of changes to the editing tools between   
5.2 and 6.0.    
Hope this helps....    
Jeff    
Jeff Hobbs GIS Supervisor San Jose Water Company 
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Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:39 
To: geomedia-l at lists.directionsmag.com 
Subject: [Geomedia-l] Please Change !! 

Dear List:  
Suggestion for future versions of GeoMedia.Please make 
editing tools more "interactive". 
We are having to access the Oracle library (or creating 
warehouses), way too much, for seemingly simple tasks 
and queries. 

Example.Interactive labelling with attributes.  Why is it 
necessary to create a warhouse !!   

I find GeoMedia as a whole lacks on-the-fly functionality, 
and places too much emphasis on warehouse creation. 
(currently using 5.2)  

Richard Paola  
City of Hamilton, Planning & Development  
rpaola at hamilton.ca Kevin S. Holle, GIS Manager
City-County Building Rm 480
1 E Main St
Fort Wayne, IN  46802-1804
ph 260-427-2914
fx 260-427-1353
kevin.holle at ci.ft-wayne.in.us
GIS Maps: http://maps.cityoffortwayne.org

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