Applies To Product(s): AutoPIPE, Version(s): 2004, XM, & V8i Environment: N/A Area: NewsFeed Subarea: Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Note: 1. See the following link here for more information on RSS news feeds. 2. RSS feeds had stopped updating - it turned out the Outlook option had been disabled. You can check it in send/receive, send/receive groups, define send/receive groups, highlight "all accounts" and click edit. Click RSS on the left hand side and make sure "Include RSS Feeds in this Send/Receive group" is ticked on. Comments, Questions, and Answers on RSS news feeds Q1. What is the AutoPIPE's RSS newsfeed and where can I access it from? Answer : RSS Rich Site Summary (originally RDF Site Summary, often dubbed Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. [wikipedia]. Bentley has created product RSS news feed that is accessed by: Option #1: First time after AutoPIPE is installed and started Option #2: Select Help> AutoPIPE News...> Option #3: On the RSS newsfeed dialog there is a check box on this dialog, " Shows news at Startup ", if this box is checked "ON" the RSS news feed window will pop-up every time the program is started. Otherwise, use option number 2 above. Option #4: Use the RSS news feed URL. Save as a favorite and visit the page periodically. See Q2 blow for details. There are four categories of news offered through the AutoPIPE RSS news feed. These categories include news from Bentley AutoPIPE, Bentley General, Bentley Education, and Bentley Release. Suggest that Bentley AutoPIPE and Bentley Release are enable (checked ON) as a minimum: Use the RSS newsfeed Settings> Filter News tab to narrow the information presented or Advanced tab for offline mode / auto refresh options. Q2. What happens if the RSS newsfeed is blank: Answer: Check to be sure that the internet is connected and working on the computer trying to connect. After Selecting Help> AutoPIPE News> Settings> confirm that at least one FEED Url is selected, as shown above. Press the Refresh button IF your IT department put up a firewall that prevents communication with the RSS newsfeed, copy URL from the Settings tab and Paste directly into internet web application (ex. Firefox, IE, Chrome, etc..) Note: for some user, the RSS news feeds may not work on Internet Explorer or Chrome, but may work on Firefox. Try all 3 to find out which works best for you. Bentley AutoPIPE: http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/12167 Bentley General: http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/8929 Bentley Education: http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/12166 Bentley Releases: http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/12168 Q3. What about companies that have internet setting to not allow the RSS feed to function or have no internet connection. Answer : Following is the procedure to view RSS feed on computers with no internet connection. 1. On computer #1, Start AutoPIPE, select Help> AutoPIPE News> when the RSS news feed dialog appears press Settings button and select the Advanced tab. Find " Enable Offline mode " and check this option. Press OK button to close this dialog. The online ‘icon’ from the application will turn into offline red icon. 2. Close the dialog and turn off AutoPIPE. 3. Contact any AutoPIPE user or use a computer with AutoPIPE installed that has internet access to the RSS news feeds. a. On the 2nd computer, start AutoPIPE, Select Help> AutoPIPE News> select the Settings button, confirm all four Feed URLs have been checked ON as seen below, and press Refresh button . b. Go to the AutoPIPE install folder to locate the following files: C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE V8i SELECTseries\ 1.xml 2.xml 3.xml 4.xml These files related to the respective RSS newsfeeds in the above image c. Copy and transfer these 4 files to computer #1 that is offline. 5. On computer #1 that is set to offline, place this files into the AutoPIPE program folder: C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE V8i SELECTseries\ 6. Restart AutoPIPE, select Help> AutoPIPE News> It will show the news from the files imported from above. Q4. RSS news feed was working but now the following is displayed: CreateInstance(BentleyRSSFeed.BentleyRSSFeed) failed Why and how to avoid it? Answer: Was any other Bentley products or any different / Older AutoPIPE versions installed lately? Fix the issue by first closing AutoPIPE, next go to the MS Windows Control panel> select "Bentley AutoPIPE V8i Select Series" program from the listing, and press the "Repair" button. See Also Bentley AutoPIPE External Links Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase Bentley LEARN Server Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please submit any comments you have on this Wiki article to the "Comments" area below. THANK YOU!
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