Any interest in a programming forum?

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Hi Mark,

Something like this would have saved me hours/days/weeks of time when getting started as opposed to wading through what little Epicor has available. It's painful going from knowing nothing about the system for someone who doesn't invest in a bunch of courses or pay a consultant. I have kept notes along the way and would be glad to contribute to something like this just to answer basic questions (as well as advanced). A good comprehensive document on setting up a company would be immensly useful I'm sure.

-Ramsey


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Wonsil" <mark_wonsil@...> wrote:
>
> >
> > Mark Wonsil set up a WIKI site months ago for just this kind of thing.
> >
> > It just didn't get a lot of contibutory files uploaded though.
> >
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> I have been working on a Wiki but the point of the EpicWiki is not to
> replace the Yahoo! Vantage/Epicor groups, the EUG forums, the VMUG library,
> or EpicWeb. It is meant to capture commonly answered questions and put them
> in one place. (Where is the Primary Bin? How Do I do a backup? etc.) I'd
> rather have it point to file uploads or forum posts than upload them to the
> Wiki itself. I have a few templates left to set up and then I was going to
> let it go live.
>
> Being a Wiki, it is meant to be maintained by many and not just one. So if
> anyone has MediaWiki experience (same as WikiPedia), let me know if you want
> to help out. The Wiki is protected and there is no anonymous posting. Any
> member of the aforementioned groups is eligible for an account.
>
> http://www.epicwiki.com
>
> Mark W.
>
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The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is the place where I come for following what's going on now with people, but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user, I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.
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I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...

If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
little bit easier for everyone to search it.

This is just my opinion.



M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@...
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001


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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Patrick Parker
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?





The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.






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Well, that's the thing is that often times it's not simply just a file to upload with a short message. It would be nice, like Nathan just posted, giving a business case and then a nice post of text.

Then let's say someone comes along and wants to reply to it, you can't with a file here. Also, let's say you post a solution and only want to be notified via email if someone replies to it so you can assist them if they ask a question about your solution, you can't do that here either.

I was thinking of something where you could share something (or look for something) but only be notified (if you want to) if someone adds additional information on your idea/solution.

Just throwing that out there from my perspective.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Manasa Reddy" <manasa@...> wrote:
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> I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
> this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...
>
> If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
> to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
> little bit easier for everyone to search it.
>
> This is just my opinion.
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> M. Manasa Reddy
> manasa@...
> P: 630-806-2000
> F: 630-806-2001
>
>
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> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Patrick Parker
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
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> The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
> the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
> but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
> customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
> sharing a solution you've created.
>
> I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
> solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
> forum that has a decent threaded search engine?
>
> I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
> I have no other interests other than learning)
>
> It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
> created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
> an attachment or a crystal report.
>
> If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
> people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
> Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.
>
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>
>
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I like the idea, either way-although a separate forum would be finwe wtih me.

--- On Thu, 6/4/09, Manasa Reddy <manasa@...> wrote:


From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@...>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:05 AM








I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...

If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
little bit easier for everyone to search it.

This is just my opinion.



M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001


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From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf
Of Patrick Parker
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.

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Patrick,

We have considered something like this for a while and would be strong supporters of a Vantage technical solutions forum. We'd love to share what we feel are some extremely solid solutions that we have developed to plug the holes in CRM reporting, IT SOX compliance, etc.

Please let me know if we can help in any way.

Thanks,

Nathan Bonner
Business Systems Analyst
Total Plastics, Inc.
bonner.n@...
269.553.5838

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Bill Jackson <fujijapman@...> wrote:
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> I like the idea, either way-although a separate forum would be finwe wtih me.
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> --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Manasa Reddy <manasa@...> wrote:
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> From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@...>
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:05 AM
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> I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
> this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...
>
> If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
> to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
> little bit easier for everyone to search it.
>
> This is just my opinion.
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>
> M. Manasa Reddy
> manasa@weldcoa. com
> P: 630-806-2000
> F: 630-806-2001
>
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> From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf
> Of Patrick Parker
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
> Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
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> The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
> the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
> but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
> customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
> sharing a solution you've created.
>
> I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
> solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
> forum that has a decent threaded search engine?
>
> I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
> I have no other interests other than learning)
>
> It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
> created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
> an attachment or a crystal report.
>
> If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
> people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
> Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.
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Mark Wonsil was working on such a (wiki-based) resource.

-bws

--
Brian W. Spolarich ~ Manager, Information Services ~ Advanced Photonix / Picometrix
    bspolarich@... ~ 734-864-5618 ~ www.advancedphotonix.com

-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Jackson
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:06 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

I like the idea, either way-although a separate forum would be finwe wtih me.

--- On Thu, 6/4/09, Manasa Reddy <manasa@...> wrote:


From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@...>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:05 AM








I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...

If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
little bit easier for everyone to search it.

This is just my opinion.



M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001


____________ _________ _________ __

From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf
Of Patrick Parker
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.

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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
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Personally, I never visit the actual group, if you want a better search
interface, I would suggest going and getting a gmail account, have all the
mail from this group sent there in individual messages. The search function
of that mail is much better than anything else, and with the threading of
emails, it makes it very easy to see replies etc, the only hitch is when
people replay and there is a major change to the subject line with a SPAM
tag of some kind.

I think the only risk in splitting off is the loss of access to some of the
knowledge here by those who only stick to one group.

The best combination of solutions might be to find a location where we can
have an organized file repository, but keep all back and forth communication
in this group, or possibly create a vantage wiki somewhere where we could
document everything that comes up through this group.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Parker" <pbparker@...>
To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:55 AM
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?


> The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
> the place where I come for following what's going on now with people, but
> finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
> customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
> sharing a solution you've created.
>
> I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
> solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
> forum that has a decent threaded search engine?
>
> I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user, I
> have no other interests other than learning)
>
> It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
> created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post an
> attachment or a crystal report.
>
> If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
> people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
> Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
> have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
> Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> (2) To search through old msg's goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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I think the programming forum is a good idea. I would be willing to donate bandwidth and the server space for us if interested on my OC48.

I don't have time to really focus on the development portion of a new website per say, but I can definilty help with the bandwidth and the disk storage so it doesn't cost any of us.

Thanks!
Chris R.


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Ned" <TechnoBabbly@...> wrote:
>
> Personally, I never visit the actual group, if you want a better search
> interface, I would suggest going and getting a gmail account, have all the
> mail from this group sent there in individual messages. The search function
> of that mail is much better than anything else, and with the threading of
> emails, it makes it very easy to see replies etc, the only hitch is when
> people replay and there is a major change to the subject line with a SPAM
> tag of some kind.
>
> I think the only risk in splitting off is the loss of access to some of the
> knowledge here by those who only stick to one group.
>
> The best combination of solutions might be to find a location where we can
> have an organized file repository, but keep all back and forth communication
> in this group, or possibly create a vantage wiki somewhere where we could
> document everything that comes up through this group.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Parker" <pbparker@...>
> To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:55 AM
> Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
>
>
> > The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
> > the place where I come for following what's going on now with people, but
> > finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
> > customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
> > sharing a solution you've created.
> >
> > I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
> > solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
> > forum that has a decent threaded search engine?
> >
> > I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user, I
> > have no other interests other than learning)
> >
> > It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
> > created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post an
> > attachment or a crystal report.
> >
> > If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
> > people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
> > Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
> > have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
> > Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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Patrick -



The Vantage/Vista Midwest User Group (VMUG) site: www.vantageusers.org
has a library where people can post files and search topics. It was
designed to extend the Yahoo Group's file limitations. The biggest
difficulty is finding people willing to take the time to share their
code/BPM's/customizations/reports/BAM's/BAQ's. We have a collection of
files already on the system but the growth has been slower than
expected.



Everyone is welcome to enroll on the site and browse what we have so
far.



HTH,

Calvin



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Patrick Parker
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:00 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?








The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.





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Mark Wonsil set up a WIKI site months ago for just this kind of thing.

It just didn't get a lot of contibutory files uploaded though.

I guess we're all creatures of habit so having too many places to go for answers just doesn't work well.

I'd suffer with the yahoo interface and keep it here.

(My 2 cents)

Rob Brown


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From: Bill Jackson <fujijapman@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 11:06:23 AM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?





I like the idea, either way-although a separate forum would be finwe wtih me.

--- On Thu, 6/4/09, Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com> wrote:

From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:05 AM

I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...

If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
little bit easier for everyone to search it.

This is just my opinion.

M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001

____________ _________ _________ __

From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@ yahoogroups .com] On Behalf
Of Patrick Parker
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.

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My sentiments would follow Rob (Brown's).



Rob Bucek

Manufacturing Engineer

PH: 715-284-5376 ext 311

FAX: 715-284-4084

<http://www.dsmfg.com/>

(Click the logo to view our site)



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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Robert Brown
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:54 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?





Mark Wonsil set up a WIKI site months ago for just this kind of thing.

It just didn't get a lot of contibutory files uploaded though.

I guess we're all creatures of habit so having too many places to go for
answers just doesn't work well.

I'd suffer with the yahoo interface and keep it here.

(My 2 cents)

Rob Brown



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From: Bill Jackson <fujijapman@... <mailto:fujijapman%40yahoo.com>
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To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 11:06:23 AM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

I like the idea, either way-although a separate forum would be finwe
wtih me.

--- On Thu, 6/4/09, Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com> wrote:

From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:05 AM

I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...

If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
little bit easier for everyone to search it.

This is just my opinion.

M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001

____________ _________ _________ __

From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@ yahoogroups .com] On
Behalf
Of Patrick Parker
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.

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> Mark Wonsil set up a WIKI site months ago for just this kind of thing.
>
> It just didn't get a lot of contibutory files uploaded though.
>

I have been working on a Wiki but the point of the EpicWiki is not to
replace the Yahoo! Vantage/Epicor groups, the EUG forums, the VMUG library,
or EpicWeb. It is meant to capture commonly answered questions and put them
in one place. (Where is the Primary Bin? How Do I do a backup? etc.) I'd
rather have it point to file uploads or forum posts than upload them to the
Wiki itself. I have a few templates left to set up and then I was going to
let it go live.

Being a Wiki, it is meant to be maintained by many and not just one. So if
anyone has MediaWiki experience (same as WikiPedia), let me know if you want
to help out. The Wiki is protected and there is no anonymous posting. Any
member of the aforementioned groups is eligible for an account.

http://www.epicwiki.com

Mark W.
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Mark's WIKI is set up very nicely although I don't know if he is trying to maintain it anymore. He really did a stellar job (as he always does)Â putting it together.

I check it about once every two months (or if I am stumped on something!) for new content.

Maybe if we asked him very nicely he'd fill us in on it's future?

... Still, between the yahoo group, the 'official'(ly useless/censored) user group, the midwest group.... People are naturally going to gravitate to one place after a while (which seems to be here for my needs & interest in helping others 99% of the time) and the other sites see less use & wither.

Rob Brown




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From: Rob Bucek <rbucek@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 1:14:37 PM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?





My sentiments would follow Rob (Brown's).

Rob Bucek

Manufacturing Engineer

PH: 715-284-5376 ext 311

FAX: 715-284-4084

<http://www.dsmfg com/>

(Click the logo to view our site)

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From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf
Of Robert Brown
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:54 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

Mark Wonsil set up a WIKI site months ago for just this kind of thing.

It just didn't get a lot of contibutory files uploaded though.

I guess we're all creatures of habit so having too many places to go for
answers just doesn't work well.

I'd suffer with the yahoo interface and keep it here.

(My 2 cents)

Rob Brown

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From: Bill Jackson <fujijapman@yahoo. com <mailto:fujijapman% 40yahoo.com>
>
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 11:06:23 AM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

I like the idea, either way-although a separate forum would be finwe
wtih me.

--- On Thu, 6/4/09, Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com> wrote:

From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:05 AM

I don't think it is a bad idea, but you might as well just do that on
this list and upload it to the vantage user group files section...

If the file section is a pain to look up stuff then we, as a group, need
to figure out a better way of organizing the information to make it a
little bit easier for everyone to search it.

This is just my opinion.

M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001

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From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@ yahoogroups .com] On
Behalf
Of Patrick Parker
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?

The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is
the place where I come for following what's going on now with people,
but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other
customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply
sharing a solution you've created.

I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted
solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated
forum that has a decent threaded search engine?

I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user,
I have no other interests other than learning)

It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I
created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post
an attachment or a crystal report.

If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if
people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the
Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.

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I think that the only way that it would be sucessful is if everything were moved to one site with nice topical forums witha file repository and wiki all rolled into one. Of course this takes some administration and probably nobody has the time to do it for free and making a pay-in system would discourage too many people. That being said, I'd happliy chip in from my own pocket for the invaluable things I've learned here (compared to the total waste of money Epicor support is).So my suggestion would be to wait to see what happens with yahoo groups first and then decide but even then move all or none.

-Ramsey

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Parker" <pbparker@...> wrote:
>
> The last thing I want to do is fragment our group - and realize this is the place where I come for following what's going on now with people, but finding solutions or examples of BPM, BAM, Crystal Reports and other customizations on here is terrible with the search interface - or simply sharing a solution you've created.
>
> I'm curious if there's any interest from people in having a site devoted solely to programming aspects of Vantage on a well organized moderated forum that has a decent threaded search engine?
>
> I would set up the site and pay for the forum software (I'm an end user, I have no other interests other than learning)
>
> It could simply be a place where you go and post a message saying "I created this BPM (or BAM, etc) that does foo, here's the code" or post an attachment or a crystal report.
>
> If you think it's pointless, let me know - I'm only offering it up if people think it could be useful. The theoretical upcoming changes to the Yahoo groups may make this pointless too, who knows.
>
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Mark,

I probably have a bunch of stuff I can upload. Code snippets, how-to's, etc. Please let me know how I can help. I would love to see what resources I can use as well.

Thanks,
Kunal




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From: Mark Wonsil <mark_wonsil@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 12:23:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Any interest in a programming forum?





>
> Mark Wonsil set up a WIKI site months ago for just this kind of thing.
>
> It just didn't get a lot of contibutory files uploaded though.
>

I have been working on a Wiki but the point of the EpicWiki is not to
replace the Yahoo! Vantage/Epicor groups, the EUG forums, the VMUG library,
or EpicWeb. It is meant to capture commonly answered questions and put them
in one place. (Where is the Primary Bin? How Do I do a backup? etc.) I'd
rather have it point to file uploads or forum posts than upload them to the
Wiki itself. I have a few templates left to set up and then I was going to
let it go live.

Being a Wiki, it is meant to be maintained by many and not just one. So if
anyone has MediaWiki experience (same as WikiPedia), let me know if you want
to help out. The Wiki is protected and there is no anonymous posting. Any
member of the aforementioned groups is eligible for an account.

http://www.epicwiki.com

Mark W.







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