SmarTeam - Editor


General, Open & Documentation Issues

General Issues

Profile Card

Refresh behavior change

The Refresh behavior of the profile card was changed in V5R19 in order to improve performance. According to the new behavior, when an object is opened in a specific view, its data is created in the dynamic cache on the client. The next time that the object is opened, the system retrieves the data from the cache and not from the database. Modifications to the profile card that were made by a different user are displayed in the view only after you perform a Refresh (F5) operation.

API
When working with SmarTeam API from MTA threads, a switch to an STA host thread is created and the com object will run on this thread. The switch occurs each time you access the SmarTeam API (STA com object). The switch is not limited to threads created from ASP or remoting, and occurs in any MTA thread. To prevent the switch from occurring, use ASPCompat while running from IIS, or create the SmarTeam com objects from the STA threads.
 
Licensing

Each tool that is not part of the Admin Console requires an Editor license.
 

Installation

SmarTeam supports the Microsoft Run As capability.
After installing any SmarTeam application or service pack while using the Run As utility, the same user login provided with the Run As utility should be used again after rebooting the computer.
 

Transfer ownership

When transferring ownership of an object in a shared workspace, the Created By attribute of previous revisions is modified and displays the name of the new owner.
 

Project Manager

During a Save operation within a SmarTeam Integration, when selecting a destination project, the pull-down list that shows the project tree in the Project Manager window is small. To find the desired project, scroll vertically or horizontally.
 

Dependencies between Mechanisms

When adding specific mechanisms, additional mechanisms may be added automatically. For example, when adding the CATIA mechanism, the Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, Inventor, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop, Microsoft Word, Solid Edge, SolidWorks and Pro/ENGINEER mechanisms are added automatically and are selected in the Available Mechanisms list. For more information, refer to SmarTeam - Editor Online Help, Data Model Designer (DMD) section, which contains updated information on dependencies between mechanisms and includes a complete list of Domain Level behavior dependencies.

 

Script Maintenance

New SmSession

When using a script in SmartBasicScript Editor which needs to create another SmSession, it is recommended to use the following procedure:

  1. In the script attached to Smarteam hook instead of creating the engine always take it via the session: Set SmEngine = SmSession.Engine
  2. After creating another session, initialize it: SmSession.Init SmEngine, "test", "SmTeam32"
Notes:
  • If it is necessary to open another SmSession you must use the same (one) running SmEngine object:
    Set SmEngine = SmSession.Engine
    Set NewSmSession= SmEngine.CreateSession(...)
    NewSmSession.Init SmEngine, "test", "SmTeam32"
  • If the new session (application) is running outside the SmarTeam process (as an external application), it should be compiled using other development tools, for example, Visual Basic. The bundled SmartBasic Editor is dedicated only for in-process SmarTeam script compilation and cannot be used for external or out-of-process applications.
     
System Configuration

Configuration Editor settings
Refer to the Excel file attached in the Foundation Administration Guide to see the current list of Configuration Editor settings.
 

Security

When an object is linked to a secured Folder or Restricted Project, its security context is updated and the Modified by and Modification Date fields are updated as well.
 

Sequence designer

When defining a numeric sequence with Pad and clicking the Increment button, the sequence value is incorrect.

To ensure that sequence incrementation works properly, after setting the Pattern definition, click OK and then click Edit to open the sequence for editing again.
 

System Configuration

System configuration editor search works only the second time.
 

Admin Console

In some cases, an error message may appear after closing the Admin Console. This message can be ignored.
 

Queries

In the Search by Attribute window, the Profile Card's tabs cannot be moved.
 

SmartDbExplorer

It is not possible to translate the Database password for dialog box in SmartDbExplorer utility.
 

LC Rules Setup

When the useViewSecurity key (located in the smarteam.std.lifecycle.config file) is set to TRUE, child objects are not displayed in the tree of the checked-out parent if the user does not have permission to view these objects.
 

Security

When an object is linked to a secured Folder or Restricted Project, its security context is updated and the Modified by and Modification Date fields are updated as well.
 

Menu

SmartFlow menu item
After running the Data Model Designer (DMD) on a customer DB which includes SmartFlow in the main menu, Workflow is added to the main menu.
Using the SmarTeam Menu Editor, the SmartFlow menu item should be removed and ordered manually from the system, user and/or customer's menu profiles.
 

Menu

View menu items
After upgrading of the product from previous releases, the View > Define Views and View > Run View menu items should be removed manually.

Open Issues

General
In some cases, when you delete a project that was linked to a Project Plan which was deleted, SmarTeam - Editor crashes.
 
  Workaround:
  First delete the link between the project and the Project Plan, and then delete the project.
   

 

Documentation

None

SmarTeam - Web Editor / SmarTeam - Navigator


General, Open & Documentation Issues

General Issues

Web Browser

Objects are added in the Recent Objects pane at the end of an Add operation only if you click OK or Cancel at the end of the operation.

 

Lifecycle When you copy a file in SmarTeam - Web Editor and the "For Copied Files" option is not selected in the Advanced tab, the evaluation report does not evaluate events that occur due to file conflicts. If problems occur, they are reported after you run the Copy operation.
 
Web Browser

When viewing an object's profile card in Internet Explorer 7 using a zoom level other than 100%, attribute data and labels are not displayed correctly in their new positions. Note: The display of Web pages is resized correctly when using Internet Explorer 8.

 

Web Browser

When using a Reference to Class control in the Web Editor, the following issues occur with the pop-up window:

  • If the Window is moved such a way that the window's 'X' control (close window) is located beyond the grayed area, the window cannot be closed.
  • The All Projects view in the grayed area is moved in a direction opposite to the movement of the Reference to Class pop-up window.
     
PLM DB

As Demo Database files are Checked In and Released without the use of the Vault Server, files are not ready for Vault activities.

As a result, no actions can be performed on the files, such as Lifecycle operations, Copy, Viewer and Preview.
 

Web Browser

When canceling an Add operation, the sequence taken for the new object is not discarded.
 

API

From SmarTeam V5R19 SP4, the VCManager API (SmarTeam.Std.VC.Web.VCManager) has changed and the ControlsToUpdate() method has been removed.

Instead, you should use RegisterCallback(Control ajaxified, Control updated), where "ajaxified" is the control which initiates the request and "updated" is the control which should be updated by the ajax request.

Refer to Visual Components API documentation for further details on the RegisterCallback method.
 

Profile Card

When using Reference to Class control in the Web-based interface, there are two limitations with the pop-up window:

  • If the Window is moved such a way that 'X' sign on the Window goes beyond the grayed area, window can't be closed.
  • All Projects viewed in the grayed area are moved in a direction opposite to the direction of the movement of the Reference to Class pop-up window.
These issues are resolved by refreshing the window.
 
API

Hotfix for MSŪ XML3

In some cases, as a result of the embedded MSŪ XML3 (DOMDocument), unexpected results and other problems may occur when working with SmarTeam -Foundation. This occurs when using XML, internally and externally, with SmarTeam - Foundation in a multi-threaded environment. This is due to a Microsoft known issue.

For more information on this issue, refer to: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-061.mspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/0300/xml/ [DOMDocument versus DOMFreeThreadedDocument].

Microsoft provides a hotfix for MS XML3. To obtain this hotfix, refer to: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;905502
 

Tab controls

After upgrading database, some Tab controls may not be visible when using SmarTeam - Web Editor profile cards. If this occurs, use the Web Form Designer to reset the tab order by selecting Tools > Reset Tab Orders.
 

Configurations

The valid values for the entry QUERY_PREFERENCES.MaxQuerySize in configuration settings are 1 to 32767 or -1 to get all results.
 

Upgrading

After upgrading to the new version of SmarTeam - Web Editor, the UserDefinedTools.dll should be compiled in the new environment.
 

Open Issues

Web Browser

A field separator is displayed for Display Attributes in the navigation pane but may not be displayed in other areas, such as Create Link object, Favorites Objects, etc.

  Workaround:
  None
 
Web Browser

In some cases, when using the SmarTeam File Explorer in SmarTeam - Web Editor, the obtain SmarTeam attribute function does not work properly.

  Workaround:
  None
 
Web Browser

The control HTMLBrowser does not work properly.

  Workaround:
  Use the control URLEdit to add links in the Web site.
 
General

Column or row size

When determining column width or row height, you cannot use a mouse.

  1. From the Properties dropdown list, select CtTableLayoutPannel1 (number 1 represents the first tab, number 2 represents the second tab, etc.) to set column width.
  2. Select the Columns property and click the Browse button.
  3. Select the line according to the column number that you want to change.
  4. Change the column width and click OK.
    The column width is changed accordingly. The new size is viewed in the working area and is reflected in SmarTeam - Web Editor only if one of the cells in the column contains a control according to the control size.
  5. Save your changes.
Use the same procedure to determine row height.
 
Certification

JAR files are released with an expired certificate at the time of first usage and a message specifying that there is an error with the certificate is displayed.

  Workaround:
  Click to continue working.
   

Documentation

None