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Research Accelerator for MindManager Pro 7

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Downloads: 1710 File Size: 2.2MB
Posted By: Michael Deutch Views: 5608
Date Added: 3 Aug 2007

1.0.57: Add search and research to project planning, brainstorming, and business processes within MindManager Pro 7.  This adds a task pane similar to the Research task pane in Microsoft Office 2003 so MindManager can pull in search results from desktop services such as Microsoft Windows Desktop Search and Google Desktop and online services like MSN, Yahoo, Google, Technorati, and Flickr.

CheckVersion 1.0.57 (10/10/2007)

Arrow Right Installation

  • If you have an earlier version of the Research Accelerator installed, uninstall it from the Control Panel...Add or Remove Programs..Mindjet MindManager 6 Research Accelerator
  • Install Mindjet MindManager Pro 7 or Free 21- day Trial.
  • Install the Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 from the Windows Update site if it is not already installed.
  • Run the Installer by downloading and running it.

Book Services

  • Google Desktop Search
  • Windows Desktop Search
  • CraigsList
  • Technorati
  • Google Web Search
  • Google Blog Search
  • Flickr Photos

Arrow Up Adding More Services

  • Additional Research Services are available here.

Information Usage

  • Start MindManager Pro 7
  • Open the Research Task Pane by clicking on the tab on the right of the window. If the Task Panes are not visible, then open the Research Pane by clicking the Task Panes button on the bottom-right of the MindManager (also shown in the image below)

  • type a word in the Search for field
  • Select a service below the Search for field.
  • The results will appear in the pane below.
  • Drag a blue topic icon in the results to add that topic to your map.
  • Press [Map Results] to add all of the results to the current map or to create a new map of the results.
  • You can also start a search by selecting a topic with text in it to search, right clicking on it and selecting research...

Red Flag Known Issues

  • Windows Desktop Search 3.0 will not work with the Research Accelerator.  The Research Accelerator was built to use the API for Windows Desktop Search 2.6 and there is no published API for Windows Desktop Search yet.  Microsoft is planning on releasing an API in late February 2007 (see here).
  • Google is no longer issuing API keys for its search API (see here).  If you need a key, please contact us.

Calendar Revision History

  • 10/10/2007 Fixed an installer issue.
  • 8/3/2007 Updated to work with MindManager 7 Pro
  • 2/5/2007 Made a minor fix to the installer to address installation failures on some systems. (Removed unused reference to System.EnterpriseServices) 
  • 1/16/2007 Fixed problem with WinZip self-extractor that was causing strange behavior on installation. 
  • 1/4/2007 Fixed error message about Yahoo services that were previously local services and are now web services. 
  • 12/22/2006 Fixed error message about registration that was displayed during installation. 
  • 12/10/2006 Updated installer to work on Windows Vista 
  • 10/5/2006 Updated to work with Office 2007 
  • 10/4/2006 Added installation option to use Mindjet Labs Discovery Service

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thamuhacha said:

I am having trouble with this. It installs fine, but when I do a search and try and drag the results into the map I get an error: Line: 6 Char: 5 Error: Automation server can't create object Code: 0 URL: file://C:\Program Files\Mindjet\Research Accelerator\result.html Can anyone suggest how this can be fixed?
2 Oct 2007 3:45 AM
 

dov said:

I get the same error when trying to drag the data to my mindmap.
24 Oct 2007 10:28 AM
 

dov said:

Has anyone been successful in using this? I keep getting the same errors as thamuhacha listed in his comments. Is there a work around?
19 Nov 2007 9:32 AM
 

Richard Love said:

This is a great tool, have used in MM6. Why haven't you fixed the bug preventing the dragging of found links to the map?
21 Nov 2007 7:21 AM
 

alterself said:

I would like to get a Google API key for the Research Accelerator. When I go into my Google account to do this it appears that it will only let me get it if I'm going to use it within my webpage, which I don't have. Can an AJAX API key be gotten from MindJetLabs? I "contacted" you through the "contact me" link over a week ago with this question but have yet to hear anything back.
7 Dec 2007 8:08 AM
 

alterself said:

Is anyone at MindJetLabs even reading these comments? There doesn't appear to be any activity on the modules for the past 5-6 months. Or is this section of the websit perhaps a ghost and the devleopers have long since packed up and left?
7 Dec 2007 8:13 AM
 

tonysutton said:

I tried to run this with pro 7 and installed an API key from google only to be told in MM7 that the response is "Exception from service object: Invalid authorization key: ". the Yahoo search simply responds with "bad results". please can this app be fixed as I'm sure it would be great if it worked correctly?
6 Jan 2008 7:36 AM
 

BobM said:

Ditto!
6 Mar 2008 3:16 PM
 

stupid_login said:

So far I've experienced both the problems described above. Is anyone from Mindjet reading these comments and acting on them, or are we wasting our time here?
17 Mar 2008 5:21 AM
 

Vivek said:

I am aware of this issue and working on it. Will post a new installer as soon as it is ready.
18 Mar 2008 11:07 AM
 

cybergull said:

I have the same issues too... Pleeeeease...
13 May 2008 5:46 AM
 

maikr said:

Same problems here. I've also tried a Google Base API key, but that one didn't work either. Yahoo! also results in Bad Response. Under "known issues" is mentioned that WDS 3.0 wan't work with this extension. I thought the SDK was already released April last year. Is it possible to fix the integration now? It would be very nice and welcome to have Resource Accelarator working propperly. Best regards, Maik
17 May 2008 7:36 AM
 

lieven23 said:

Hello ,I get an error message when instaling that says Unable to locate application file 'MM_Research_Accelerator.msi'. See the setup log file located at 'C:\DOCUME~1\lieven23\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD2198.tmp\install.log' for more information.
17 Jul 2008 7:48 AM
 

Richard Love said:

Any news on getting the accelerator working with the new API key framework? Is Research Accerlator dead?
27 Sep 2008 7:17 AM
 

Bob M said:

I miss not having MindManager Research Accelerator in MM 8. Are there any plans on updating it. The Web services feature in MM8 is very limited compared to MM7. I'm dreading more and more my descision to upgrade:~(
5 May 2009 3:17 PM

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