Razorleaf Corporation » Industry Insider Articles from Razorleaf’s Business Technology Newsletter

Electronic Signatures and Aras Authentication

Dennis Lindinger — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:05:02 +0000

The Aras Innovator workflow engine has many options and features that enable the modeling of robust business processes in PLM. One of the options available is Read More...

PTC Introduces Creo

Jonathan Scott — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:30:28 +0000

If you’re a 3D CAD user, you no doubt recognize the name PTC, or at the very least, Pro/ENGINEER. But with the recent announcement by PTC Read More...

Enterprise PDM Computed BOMs

Jonathan Scott — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:14:54 +0000

Regardless of whether you’re interested in EPDM Item BOMs or EPDM Document BOMs, it is important to know what you can and cannot do with Computed Read More...

Microsoft’s Free XML Editor

Paul Gimbel — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:02:46 +0000

XML is the wonder of the modern programming age. Its plain text can represent objects with properties and attributes to capture complex structures in a simple text file. And it’s even fairly easy to understand. Just look at it. It’s logical. But as logical as XML is, when you look at an XML file in production, it’s huge, convoluted, and impossible to grasp in one glimpse inside of Notepad. Lucky for us, our friends at Microsoft have come up with an answer in their free XML Notepad 2007 tool. After installing XML Notepad 2007 (you can download it from Microsoft’s site or from Codeplex), the tool is simple to launch and use. In Windows Explorer, simply right-select any XML file and choose the option Edit with XML Notepad. The interface is intuitive and an easy way to view and edit XML files. One tab provides a tree view that allows you to collapse and expand each section to drill down quickly. Another tab provides a preview of the file, once the specified XSL transform has been applied. Copy, paste, search, replace, and other standard editor functions are there along with XML-specific menus that let you insert elements, attributes and so on. An error list window at the bottom of the editor warns of any problems in real time, and a dynamic help window displays the xsd:documentation for nodes as they are selected. And perhaps best of all, elements are color-coded based on element type, making the content easy to scan visually. XML is becoming more and more important when working with software. And this free tool from Microsoft is a great way to work with XML. Download it and try it for yourself. Oh yeah, and did we mention that it is Open Source (for those of you looking for a good code base in creating your own specialized XML editing app). If you have other XML editing tools that you think are great (we like Notepad++, too), leave us a comment and let us know about them, please.

Microsoft’s Free XML Editor

Paul Gimbel — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:02:46 +0000

XML is the wonder of the modern programming age. Its plain text can represent objects with properties and attributes to capture complex structures in a simple Read More...

Rule Efficiency in Design Automation

Paul Gimbel — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:17:12 +0000

One of the biggest complaints about design automation is performance. Companies are outraged that the tool runs for a whole hour to complete a process that Read More...

Composer for All Your BOMs

Johnny Molica — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:39:07 +0000

With so many different perspectives on the BOM in today’s organizations, companies have come to expect that different departments will be creating and re-creating content to Read More...

BOM: An ENOVIA V6 Perspective

Vik Paranjpe — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:04:48 +0000

BOM (Bill of Material) management discussions can get really tricky. Just perform a search on the definition of a Bill of Material and you will find Read More...

Material Compliance in ENOVIA V6

Vik Paranjpe — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:45:50 +0000

Regulatory compliance of materials and substances used within products is a monumental issue faced by most companies. Your supply base needs to be made aware of Read More...

Intoducing PowerPivot

Derek Neiding — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:45:43 +0000

Microsoft recently introduced a product called PowerPivot. You may have heard about it under it’s code name Gemini. The idea of PowerPivot is simple: allow Microsoft Read More...