option to disable the expiry warning

[hogi]

☐ cool new feature
☑ could help all Jmp users!

☑ removes something that feels like a „bug“

☐ nice to have

☐ nobody needs it

What inspired this wish list request? 

In Jmp18, a warning message appears for EVERY user - EVERY day - EVERY time Jmp is started 
... unfortunately: already months before Jmp expires.

Unlike a splash window, the pop-up window remains in place until the user closes it manually.

This is how it looks like:

What is the improvement you would like to see? 

Please

- remove the warning message [either: completely, or: after 3 seconds]

- just show the warning message 1 - 2 x before it gets disabled [automatically]

or:

- add an option to disable the warning message (like for the startup splash window).

Why is this idea important? 

• less confusion for JMP users
• no annoyed license site managers

other wishes from 

TS-00143027

[hogi]

A few small errors in usability can negate a huge advantage in functionality.
How-to-quantify-the-advantage-of-using-JMP-over-other-tools? 

-> added as an good example to

Wish list - new Label: user experience 

[hogi]

Regarding "warnings", there are other warnings which could help JMP users significantly in their daily work live - especially new JMP users who don't yet where the trap door are hiding.

e.g.:
Formula Editor: meaningful results with excluded rows:

What inspired this wish list request? 
If

1. there are rows excluded in a table
   and
2.  Col ... aggregation Expression don't have Exclude() as GroupBy option
   (e.g. because the formula was auto-generated via the right-click New-Formula-Menu),

... it's quite likely that the results of the formula are wrong.

What is the improvement you would like to see? 

If 1 + 2,

please add a warning message to the preview area in Formula Editor

[hashi]

Thanks for the comment about my wish below.

The same as you, I wish this new expity warning will be improved.

 I think that reverting to JMP17 style is best (,which is one of "removing the warning message, completely").

Expire date notice : Revert from JMP18 style (pop-up) to JMP17 style (on the **bleep**... - JMP User...

[jthi]

You can remove the annoying window by using JMP startup script jmpStartAdmin.jsl (Scripting Guide > Common Tasks > Run a Script at Start Up) 

Window("Expiration Warning") << Close Window;

though you might want to go a bit further and add some information about the expiration, in the most simple case you could print the message to log

Try(
	Write(Window("Expiration Warning")[TextBox(1)] << Get Text);
	Window("Expiration Warning") << Close Window;
);

or maybe show it once every ten days or something

Edit:

Even better idea might be to create an add-in which just runs that script on start up.

[hogi]

" and add some information about the expiration"

argh, I missed the chance this year ; )

[SteveTerry]

Because of this issue, JSL scripts cannot be used reliably for automation.

[jthi]

What type of issues are you facing due to JMP18's expiry warning (I don't think JMP18's expiry warning should block anything as it is just extra window which opens)?

[SteveTerry]

Actually, I had mistaken the license expired warning (which I am seeing) for a license will expire warning.  Nonetheless, it would be nice to have a workaround to prevent this.

The issue I face is that JMP effectively hangs when my automation workflow tries to run JSL code, making it unusable.

Clearly, the resolution is to acquire a new license.  But that's outside of my control.

I think it would be much, much better if JMP/JSL did not run at all, rather than allow a grace period.

[hogi]

Expiry warning starts 60 days before the license expires. And due to the switch from SAS license to JMP license it's not possible to do anything against the warning.

Even if the new JMP license is ordered and maybe paid  - it will start on day XY, not one day earlier - many days to enjoy the expiry warning.