Rich Text Format (Error on import)

Hello,

I was wondering what access does a user need when trying to import richText using the following option?
Click File > Import > Rich Text Format

The user have RC to the Module with MD propagated and them are getting a error. But when importing using the word macro there is no issue.

Thank you,
Jim
SystemAdmin - Thu May 10 09:29:52 EDT 2012

Re: Rich Text Format (Error on import)
llandale - Thu May 10 12:40:42 EDT 2012

what is the error?

Re: Rich Text Format (Error on import)
Mathias Mamsch - Thu May 10 17:43:59 EDT 2012

Probably the richText import is trying to set a couple of module attributes (RTF Header, etc.), while the Word Macro won't. For this the user would need modify rights on the module. Regards, Mathias
Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

Re: Rich Text Format (Error on import)
kbmurphy - Thu May 10 18:54:05 EDT 2012

Mathias Mamsch - Thu May 10 17:43:59 EDT 2012
Probably the richText import is trying to set a couple of module attributes (RTF Header, etc.), while the Word Macro won't. For this the user would need modify rights on the module. Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

You assume too much Mathias.

I opened an enhancement request years ago about importing of spreadsheets. A user needs M access at the module level to do so. It wasn't always this way. So even though years ago I opened it, for some reason it's been ignored. I opened a PMR about it a couple of months ago, and they told me to open an enhancement request. I told them that I did, 2 or 3 years ago.

There's no reason to require this, in either RTF or CSV. The good news is it seems like someone in IBM agrees with me.

Kevin

Re: Rich Text Format (Error on import)
SystemAdmin - Fri May 11 04:27:51 EDT 2012

Mathias Mamsch - Thu May 10 17:43:59 EDT 2012
Probably the richText import is trying to set a couple of module attributes (RTF Header, etc.), while the Word Macro won't. For this the user would need modify rights on the module. Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

In DOORS 9.3 the RTF import creates and modifies the following module attributes
  

Color Table
File Table
Font Table
Rev Table
RTF Author
RTF DocFormat
RTF Header
RTF Info
RTF Operator
RTF Subject
RTF Title
Style Sheet

 


Help: "When you import an RTF document, a number of module attributes are created. These attributes are used if the module is exported back to RTF, so that the resulting file has the same properties as the original."

 

 

 

  • Pekka Mäkinen - http://www.softqa.eu/

 

 

Re: Rich Text Format (Error on import)
kbmurphy - Fri May 11 11:33:43 EDT 2012

SystemAdmin - Fri May 11 04:27:51 EDT 2012

In DOORS 9.3 the RTF import creates and modifies the following module attributes
  

Color Table
File Table
Font Table
Rev Table
RTF Author
RTF DocFormat
RTF Header
RTF Info
RTF Operator
RTF Subject
RTF Title
Style Sheet

 


Help: "When you import an RTF document, a number of module attributes are created. These attributes are used if the module is exported back to RTF, so that the resulting file has the same properties as the original."

 

 

 

  • Pekka Mäkinen - http://www.softqa.eu/

 

 

Pekka,

What great information.

I would still think, though, that a better design would be to warn the user that certain module attributes wouldn't be created and ask them if they want to continue.

Though I'm 100% correct on the CSV import issue. No module attributes are created there, yet you need Module-level M access to import.

Kevin