Release History

04/16/11 - Predator PDM v9.0.190
1. Improved security and ease of installation via ppdm900.exe vs. ppdm900.zip

02/07/11 - Predator PDM v9.0.190
1. Improved SetupPDM.ini

01/21/11 - Predator PDM v9.0.190
1. Improved SetupPDM.exe
2. Improved Windows 7 support with v7.6.3 Sentinel drivers

11/28/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.190
1. Added new \VaultItemName variable for use with custom commands
2. Added new \VaulFullName variable for use with custom commands
3. Added new enviroment variable PREDATOR_TEMP to define a specific local cache folder location
4. Added support for enviroment variables TEMP and TMP to be used for the local cache folder location
5. Fixed a bug with importing vault items
6. Fixed a bug when limited Windows User accounts use the Per PC login option for the database connection
7. Fixed minor permission bugs when viewing vaults

05/11/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.183
1. Improved the installation to use the current upgrade dialog

04/16/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.183
1. Improved the F2 shortcut key within View vault to clear the find
2. Fixed a bug introduced with v9.0.180 with New Vault Item by recompiling (Microsoft Compiler Failure with v9.0.180)
3. Fixed a bug with single component vaults

04/15/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.180
1. Improved logon with option to save per PC or Windows User
2. Improved APIs to support new logon option
3. Improved Find within View Vault to support Relative searches
4. Improved Find within View Vault to support a down arrow keyboard shortcut for selection/display of the selected vault item
5. Improved Find within View Vault to support multi-level search for example 123*|20 will find the part 123 operation 20
6. Improved Find within View vault to support multiple wildcards via * for example GM*|123*|20
7. Improved data entry within the New and Edit Vault Item dialogs
8. Fixed a bug with viewing mapped vault items

03/05/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.168
1. Fixed a bug with an error message

03/04/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.167
1. Improved view vault with a new F2 key to optionally bar code the find
2. Improved view released vault with a new F2 key to optionally bar code the find
3. Improved new vault wizard so Managed is the new default style
4. Improved the tab order within the new vault wizard
5. Improved error messaging with the vault password
6. Improved View released vault with unavailable manufacturing status
7. Improved changing the order of the vault heirarchy
8. Improved the manufacturing status report to display the number and available fields
9. Improved deleting vault items to automatically grey out if another user has it checked out
10. Improved chinese resources
11. Fixed a bug with a large number of vault items

02/18/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.162
1. Added an error message when custom command names exceed 40 characters
2. Improved warning message when deleting vaults with custom commands
3. Improved SetupPDM to support OS checking and improved application detection
4. Improved demo mode to be able to upgrade an older database 
5. Improved the require checkouts option to automatically delete upon checkin
6. Improved the require checkouts option to control editing a vault item
7. Fixed a display only bug with the yellow highlighting during a checkin 

02/08/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.153
1. Added 17 new command variables
2. Improved online help for the application and the APIs
2. Fixed a bug with the PDM APIs

01/26/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.152
1. Improved copy vault item to support multiple vaults
2. Improved revise and edit vault items to support a mix of checked out and new attachments 
2. Fixed a bug with New and Edit vault items with lists in the heirarchy

01/21/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.151
1. Improved installation to eliminate unknown publisher
2. Improved New and Edit Vault Item pulldowns
3. Fixed a bug when editing shifts and shift intervals
4. Fixed a bug when exporting reports to Excel

01/08/10 - Predator PDM v9.0.150
1. Reduced the size of the main executable
2. Reduced the size of the installation and download
3. Improved the performance of pulldowns with large datasets
4. Improved the uninstall to support additional DLLs
5. Fixed a bug with installation under Windows Vista
6. Fixed a bug when licensing demo mode

12/31/09 - Predator PDM v9.0.148
1. Removed an IE check within SetupPDM.ini

12/04/09 - Predator PDM v9.0.148
1. v9 Official Release

NOTE: v9 requires Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 2003 Server or 2008 Server.