Mindjet Labs Solutions

What's New?

• Updated Map Explorer to improve performance of large maps (Tue Aug 8 2006)
• Added Route Mapping with Microsoft Virtual Earth (Mon Jul 31 2006)
• Updated FreeMind import to work with hyperlinks that have spaces in them. (Mon Jul 31 2006)
• Fixed schema validation problem with FreeMind Import (Wed Jul 19 2006)
• Added Ink support to Map Explorer Add-in (Mon Jul 17 2006)

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Interview with Michael Scherotter, Mindjet Business Solutions Architect

Terms of Use

Last updated Tue Aug 30 2005.

• Mindjet Labs Terms of Use

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Resources

1. MindManager 6 Object Model Reference

   This map is a work-in-progress, so it isn't 100% complete yet.  Some of the hyperlinks do not work when the map is opened in the viewer but they work when the map is downloaded and used in MindManager.

2. Accelerator SDK
3. MindManager DevZone
4. Yahoo MindManagerDev Group
5. MindManager.exe.config

   If you are experiencing errors with any of the MindManager 6 Add-ins found in the Mindjet Labs, put this file in your c:\program files\mindjet\MindManager 6 directory (or where you have MindManager 6 installed). This will generate a diagnostic log file Mindjet Labs.log that you can send to labs@mindjet.com to help us diagnose and fix the problem.

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Weblog

Last updated Sun Jan 29 2006.

• Weblog Map

  If you get an access denied error you need to add http://www.mindjet.com to your list of trusted sites or allow access to data sources across domains. These options can be set in the Internet Options (Securty Tab) of Internet Explorer.

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List of Samples

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Glossary

• Accelerator

  Mindjet MindManager Add-In that connects to enterprise data.

• Add-In

  A DLL typically written in C++, Visual Basic, or C# that is loaded in Mindjet MindManager when MindManager starts up.  Add-Ins use the object model to interact with MindManager.

• ADO

  "Microsoft® ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO) enable your client applications to access and manipulate data from a variety of sources through an OLE DB provider. Its primary benefits are ease of use, high speed, low memory overhead, and a small disk footprint. ADO supports key features for building client/server and Web- based applications."
  
  ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Start Page

• Business Topic

  A new type of topic in MindManager 6 that adds domain specific data and behaviors to topics.  Business Types are defined as sets of properties, tables, or custom controls.  Instances of these types are Business Topics. 

  Examples of Business Types could be:

  • Book
  • Contact
  • Meeting
  • Account

  Examples of Business Topics could include:

  • The Cancer Code
  • Joe Smith at Hyperion Corp.
  • Meeting with Joe Smith on 12/02/2005
  • Hyperion Corp.
• Macro

  A VBA macro that is typically written in the Macro Editor in MindManager.

• Map Part

  Map Parts, in their generic form, are static topic and subtopic structures with standard content. Their purpose is to save time re-entering frequently-used or common information sets such as days of the week, actions, standard meeting agendas etc. You can create your own map parts with frequently-used topics. Generic map parts are stored in the main Map Parts folder, accessible from the Map Parts task pane.

  (From the MindManager online help)

• Map Viewer

  A free web browser plug-in component that allows web developers to put navigable and browsable maps on their web sites so the maps could be viewed using any computer with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

• Smart Map Part

  Smart Map Parts are a special type of map parts that contains active links to applications and web services which are external to MindManager. They have the ability to integrate data retrieved from desktop programs, application databases, search engines and online news organizations into a map by using XML, XSL and Web Services technologies.

• Template

  A map template is, basically, a map that contains some pre-defined content. Map templates can give you a jump-start on creating frequently-used maps and can provide consistency in content and structure. MindManager comes with a set of map templates for common tasks. One special template, called New Blank Map, is used each time you create a new, blank map.

• Transformations

  Because MindManager X5 and 6 are XML-based, their map content can be easily transformed to and from other XML-based data formats.  The primary language for doing this is Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT).

• Web Service

  "A Web service is a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine-processable format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards. Software applications written in various programming languages and running on various platforms can use web services to exchange data over computer networks like the Internet in a manner similar to inter-process communication on a single computer. This interoperability (e.g., between Java and Python, or Windows and Linux applications) is due to the use of open standards. OASIS and the W3C are the steering committees responsible for the architecture and standardization of web services. To improve interoperability between web service implementations, the WS-I organization has been developing a series of profiles to further define the standards involved."

  from Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia

• Wizard

  Some templates have attached wizards that run automatically each time the template is used to create a new map. Wizards can simplify information entry in many ways, for example, to prompt for information in a specific form (ie date in mm/dd/yyyy form) or within a certain range. They can also be used to ensure that the map information is complete.

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