Fix pack 9.3.0.5 has a new "Change Management" integrated.
I haven't had the time yet to evaluate it, but then we don't want our users to play with it anyways.
While it is no problem to hide other menu items which we don't want to use (e.g. the "Test Tracking") for the "Change Management" this does not seem to be possible in the same way.
I contacted IBM support and they provided a solution, but at the same time told us that this means a severe interference with the program structure of DOORS and might lead to the loss of official support.
I never understand why they do such things.
Karl
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Re: 9.3.0.5
DOORSWizard - Thu Oct 06 10:31:52 EDT 2011
I believe the Change Management menu's appeared in the 1st release of DOORS 9.3.0.0, but in any case I completely share Karl's frustration. It should be up to the DOORS managers on a given program to decide when to unveil new functionality as they are the ones that have to provide user support and answer questions. As such it does create a headache when new menu's appear and we have to resort to saying this is not supported as opposed to having the time ourselves to evaluate the new functionality and use it according to our own discretion.
Do you have a set of instructions from IBM on how to disable it (all be it without support)?
Alex
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Re: 9.3.0.5
llandale - Thu Oct 06 17:11:00 EDT 2011
This is not a substitute for legal advise from your legal department, so seek their advise. Having said that to protect my ... thumb, it seems unlikely to me that IBM will negate your support contract for something you do that they never find out about. And if lightening strikes they do find out and lightening strikes again and they negate your support, you can always put it back the way it was and demand your paid-for support.
A meteor will destroy my house, but I have no intention of buying meteor insurance; I'll take my chances.
I wonder what would happen -- on a safe test client that is never used for production -- if you theoretically change line 17 in this file:
C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\lib\dxl\config\formalFiles\cmintFormalMenus.inc
from.. if (oldChangeIntExists3 == false)
to ..... if (false and oldChangeIntExists3 == false)
I wonder what would happen if you got your IT folks to push such a file out to any PC that has that directory.
You must of course never never never never do that on any production PC.
Lets hope nobody is silly enough to post any such results of such a theoretical edit; except hypothetically.
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Re: 9.3.0.5
DOORSWizard - Thu Oct 06 22:50:36 EDT 2011 llandale - Thu Oct 06 17:11:00 EDT 2011
This is not a substitute for legal advise from your legal department, so seek their advise. Having said that to protect my ... thumb, it seems unlikely to me that IBM will negate your support contract for something you do that they never find out about. And if lightening strikes they do find out and lightening strikes again and they negate your support, you can always put it back the way it was and demand your paid-for support.
A meteor will destroy my house, but I have no intention of buying meteor insurance; I'll take my chances.
I wonder what would happen -- on a safe test client that is never used for production -- if you theoretically change line 17 in this file:
C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\lib\dxl\config\formalFiles\cmintFormalMenus.inc
from.. if (oldChangeIntExists3 == false)
to ..... if (false and oldChangeIntExists3 == false)
I wonder what would happen if you got your IT folks to push such a file out to any PC that has that directory.
You must of course never never never never do that on any production PC.
Lets hope nobody is silly enough to post any such results of such a theoretical edit; except hypothetically.
Alex
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Re: 9.3.0.5
DOORSWizard - Thu Oct 06 23:14:26 EDT 2011 DOORSWizard - Thu Oct 06 22:50:36 EDT 2011
What can I say Louie, you know your DOORS. What does one have to do on this test client to have the Change Management menu dissappear from the project level menu bar? (i.e. not from within the module but from the database view that you see when you log into DOORS)
Alex
C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\lib\dxl\config\baseWindowMenuFiles\cmbasewindowmenus.inc
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Re: 9.3.0.5
llandale - Fri Oct 07 14:14:09 EDT 2011 DOORSWizard - Thu Oct 06 23:14:26 EDT 2011
I think I have just found the answer to my own question...
C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\lib\dxl\config\baseWindowMenuFiles\cmbasewindowmenus.inc
c:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\lib\dxl
and searched for "Change Management", opened the files, and recognized "createMenu".
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