Microsoft SharePoint Integration

Edit MindManager .mmap files that are on Microsoft SharePoint Servers.

This is a free add-in to MindManager 6.  If you do not have MindManager 6, you can download the free trial here.

For support send e-mail to labs@mindjet.com.

SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services provide integrated collaboration and communication services for business enterprises.  Part of the collaboration infrastructure is document management which provides the ability to share Office documents in a secure manner.  As shipped, SharePoint is configured to work with Microsoft Office documents created by applications like Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel.  For other file types like Mindjet MindManager .mmap files, SharePoint defines a configuration procedure for adding those file types to SharePoint so that users can edit those documents in their native application.  Without this configuration, editing non-Office documents that are on a SharePoint server is difficult.

This integration consists of two components, a server component and a client component, both of which must be installed for the integration to work.

• Download and install Mindjet MindManager 6 (Trial, Basic, or Pro).
• Download and install MM6_SharePoint_Client.msi on each desktop that needs to edit MindManager .mmap files.
• Start MindManager.  To check if the client is installed successfully, open Add-Ins... from the Tools menu.  If Microsoft SharePoint Map Editing is listed and checked then the client is installed correctly.

• Download and install MM6_SharePoint_Server.msi on a server that has SharePoint.  You can also follow the manual server configuration steps below if you do not want to run the installer.
• Restart the SharePoint server.
• If the integration is configured correctly, you should see a MindManager icon to the left of each MindManager .mmap file in SharePoint file libraries.  In addition you will also see the option "Edit in Mindjet MindManager 6" in context menu when clicking on the filename of any .mmap file.

This is performed automatically by the MM6_SharePoint_Server.msi installer.

• Open the file Local_Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\TEMPLATE\XML\DocIcon.xml
• Add the following line within the ByExtension element in DocIcon.xml:

<Mapping Key="mmap" Value="MindManager.gif" EditText="Mindjet MindManager 6" OpenControl="MindManager.OpenDocument"/>

• Save DocIcon.xml
• Copy the MindManager.gif file to the Local_Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\TEMPLATE\IMAGES directory
• Restart the SharePoint Server.

• 4/7/2006 Updated to work with Primary Interop Assembly
• 2/27/2006 - Fixed a problem on the Client where some SharePoint installations downloaded maps as .zip files.
• 2/17/2006 - Added a check in the client installer for the existence of ADO on the system.
• 2/3/2006 - Fixed problem where latest map was not being downloaded from SharePoint.

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