GoPart FAQs
What is GoPart? Hide
What is GoPart?
GoPart is a tool that allows you to highlight an electronics component part number within a Windows desktop application (like Word or Outlook) and immediately see essential descriptive and commercial information on the part without having to open a web browser and search the web.
How do I get GoPart? Hide
How do I get GoPart?
GoPart can be downloaded directly from the SupplyFrame GoPart website (http://www.supplyframe.com/gopart). Once the download is complete, you will need to run the install. Simply double click on the downloaded file icon. An install wizard will walk you through the process.
How does GoPart work? Hide
How does GoPart work?
To launch GoPart, first make sure the application is running, which is indicated by a small checkered icon in your system tray (bottom right of your desktop/toolbar). Then follow the steps below to launch GoPart:
- Highlight a part number, wherever it may be. Note: Currently, when using Excel, just click the cell where the part # is contained.
- Hold down the ALT key, which will make a small microchip image appear to the right of the mouse pointer.
- Hover your pointer over the microchip image. Note: The microchip image will only be visible while you hold down the ALT key.
What are the setup requirements? Hide
What are the setup requirements?
You will need to download and install GoPart on a Windows PC computer running XP only (sorry, Mac users). The application is small, so hard-drive space shouldn't matter.
Will GoPart work within any Windows application? Hide
Will GoPart work within any Windows application?
Typically, yes, but we can only certify that GoPart will work on applications we have tested extensively. See below for a current list of certified applications. We will continue to test other applications and will update the certified list regularly.
Certified applications that Gopart will work with:
- Excel 2003
- Excel XP
- FireFox 1.5
- FireFox 2.0
- IE 6.0
- IE 7.0
- Outlook 2003
- Outlook XP
- Word 2003
- Word XP
Applications GoPart WILL NOT work with:
- Acrobat 8.0
- FrontPage XP
- Notepad
- OpenOffice
- Paint
- PowerPoint 2003
- PowerPoint XP
Do I need to be connected to the Internet to use GoPart? Hide
Do I need to be connected to the Internet when using GoPart?
Yes. GoPart provides the convenience of displaying component details directly inside an application, but it requires internet connectivity in order to find and provide the information being requested.
Technically speaking, what is GoPart? Hide
Technically speaking, what is GoPart?
GoPart is a small application (.exe) that contains an Internet Explorer browser control. The executable's purpose is to interface with desktop applications, 'recognize' the text that is being highlighted, and pass it to the small web page that displays inside the container. Put simply, the product behaves like a browser you already have running. The only reason an application needs to be installed is so the part number is highlighted on the desktop can be captured.
Is GoPart spyware? Hide
Is GoPart spyware?
No. GoPart does not collect any information about the desktop environment or the user's behavior.
What information about my use of GoPart is captured by SupplyFrame? Hide
What information about my use of GoPart is captured by SupplyFrame?
The only thing GoPart captures is the highlighted part number and the IP address. GoPart does not capture any information about the desktop environment or the user's behavior. Yahoo and CNN capture more information about people on their web sites than GoPart does on this executable.
What does 'beta' mean for SupplyFrame GoPart? Hide
What does 'beta' mean for SupplyFrame GoPart?
When a software application is developed, it goes through a series of stages before being released to the general public. Extensive testing is done internally to "de-bug" the product as much as possible (referred to as the alpha phase), and then it is given to cross-section sample of typical users to try out (referred to as the beta phase). Typically, a product won't be perfect in the beta phase as some bugs may still exist, but it's a solid preview of what the final application will be. The goals of the beta phase for SupplyFrame GoPart are to give the tool a "real-world" test and to gather as much feedback from the intended audience as possible.
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