This is related to an issue covered in a past thread: thread561-301178, in which recent versions of both Java and Internet Explorer prevent use of the search functionality in NX documentation/Help (the problem is: you enter a word into the Search box, hit enter, the spinning "progress meter" pops up, but nothing else happens). We've run into this problem on a fresh machine build with the following configuration:
Windows 7 64-bit, NX8.0.3 MP5, Java Version 7 Update 5 (build 1.7.0_25-b17), IE 10
We ran into the problem with Java's Security level set both at Medium and High (which is the default out of the box). (Control Panel > Java > Security tab) In the past, simply setting the Security to Medium had sometimes been sufficient to enable NX Doc search functionality, but no longer, it seems.
Based on feedback from the other thread, we uninstalled IE10, rolling back to IE8. With no other change to settings (Java security at Medium), NX Doc search STILL wasn't working.
We did find one new trick that seems to work:
In the Java Control Panel (accessed via Windows Control Panel > Java), under the "Advanced" tab, there is a setting "Java Plugin > Enable the next-generation Java plugin (requires browser restart)". This was toggled ON by default. Toggling it OFF prompts a popup saying "Security features will be disabled if you do not enable the Next Generation plug-in. This is NOT recommended." Sounds scary. But anyhow, clicking on Disable and moving on... Search in NX Documentation now works!
We have not tested this setting under IE10 yet, only IE8 + Java v7 update 5.
It would be FANTASTIC if Siemens could put in the effort to make Search of NX Documentation function without all of this ridiculous back-bending on the part of end-users! I assume that the workarounds keep changing because basically Java represents a security risk on computers, and the best-practice in the industry is to tighten up security. Requiring end users to roll back to a browser 2 generations old, and disable security settings, just to be able to search a text database, sounds like weak sauce. You can do better than this!
Windows 7 64-bit, NX8.0.3 MP5, Java Version 7 Update 5 (build 1.7.0_25-b17), IE 10
We ran into the problem with Java's Security level set both at Medium and High (which is the default out of the box). (Control Panel > Java > Security tab) In the past, simply setting the Security to Medium had sometimes been sufficient to enable NX Doc search functionality, but no longer, it seems.
Based on feedback from the other thread, we uninstalled IE10, rolling back to IE8. With no other change to settings (Java security at Medium), NX Doc search STILL wasn't working.
We did find one new trick that seems to work:
In the Java Control Panel (accessed via Windows Control Panel > Java), under the "Advanced" tab, there is a setting "Java Plugin > Enable the next-generation Java plugin (requires browser restart)". This was toggled ON by default. Toggling it OFF prompts a popup saying "Security features will be disabled if you do not enable the Next Generation plug-in. This is NOT recommended." Sounds scary. But anyhow, clicking on Disable and moving on... Search in NX Documentation now works!
We have not tested this setting under IE10 yet, only IE8 + Java v7 update 5.
It would be FANTASTIC if Siemens could put in the effort to make Search of NX Documentation function without all of this ridiculous back-bending on the part of end-users! I assume that the workarounds keep changing because basically Java represents a security risk on computers, and the best-practice in the industry is to tighten up security. Requiring end users to roll back to a browser 2 generations old, and disable security settings, just to be able to search a text database, sounds like weak sauce. You can do better than this!
