When updating APM, does it matter whether we use APM itself or the standard PM to re-import the product?

-- hugh

No, it doesn't matter.

Paul M - Thanks. I didn't think it did, but thought I'd better check. I just upgraded (using the APM), worked fine.

mtha - any chance we could get associated product XML at least displayed, and maybe the option to create a basic bitfield or cpnav skeleton? I don't expect full XML editing in the APM (yet!! LOL!), but it would be nice to at least have a table showing any associated XML files, and the ability to peek at them without having to jump on ssh or download them.

I've said it before, but I'll say it again .. this product rocks. I created my first new product with it yesterday (a bbcode to allow me to print vB options in posts), it took less than an hour to create the whole thing, complete with usergroup permissions, admincp options, plugin and phrasing. The APM was a huge time saver, especially for me as a relative newcomer to vB coding.

I have a whole heap of features I'd love to see added to the APM, but I'll save those for now, and try and come up with a coherent feature request list rather than just brain dumping! The product XML just came out top of the list from yesterdays experience.

Thank you once again for such a useful and (IMHO) much needed product.

-- hugh

Small little issue ...

If you forget to fill out the Version field when adding install / uninstall code, it doesn't throw any errors, and the feedback says the changes have been saved ... but they haven't.

-- hugh

Another small issue ... and sorry about my post-fest today ...

When you update the ZIP with a new version, would you mind including the version number in the top level folder (AdvancedProductManager_303 or whatever)? And (as Paul M points out) change the version number in the text file?

It would just make product updating and housekeeping slightly easier. Which is, after all, one of the things the APM is all about. :D

-- hugh

I did it in rush for you guys, didnt actually have time to clean it up. it's kinda messy, isnt it? sorry 'bout that.
I will try to clean it up (... now right now :( )

Please, no apologies necessary! I'm just pointing out a few trivial issues.

Speaking of which. I do have one slightly more than trivial issue I just noticed with one of the projects in my list. It's a fairly large on (the first beta release of SirAdrian's vBlogetin). The APM outputs it fine, except that it truncates the output at the end of the first setting group.

The product has three distinct settings groups, but APM gets as far as the last entry in the first group, and stops there. It doesn't even print the content of the last entry in that first group, it just prints the title line.

There is no Save button, and the usual footer stuff (including the debug info) is missing as well.

I've tried APM on an equally sizeable product (PhotoPlog) which has a similar amount of plugins, phrases, templates, etc, and that works fine. So i don't think it's any kind of overall size limit.

I'm examining the product XML at the moment, to see if there is possibly something strange in the XML itself which might be getting APM's undies ina bundle.

More News When There Is News,

-- hugh

Another issue I've run across ... I don't know if this is APM, or a generic vB problem, but when I try and create a new template in a new product I'm working on, when it saves it tells me "Invalid product ID", even tho I have definitely selected my new product from the dropdown on the new template page.

-- hugh

Thank you

Hi,

thx a lot for the very nice addon. I've three wishes.

1. A way to add/change the autor in phrases
2. A way to add/change version numbers in phrases
3. A way to add/change phrase date in phrases

Regards, Stoebi