8.0

New

•ORTIMplan now has a new program icon.

•The inactive icons in the toolbar are now displayed in better quality.

•The settings now have a forwards/backwards control feature in the toolbar.

•All description tabs now have a Find and Replace function. The function can be called using the Find and Replace icon in the mini toolbar.

•The main window of ORTIMplan has been extended with a new area: the new ERP dashboard comprises the most important functions of the ERP interface.

•Work planning

oThe calculation of setup times is now controlled by a new setting.

oThe number and frequency are no longer taken into account by default when calculating the setup time. You can restore the previous state using System settings, Work planning, Calculate setup times.

•Calculation module (so far Sales module)

oSetup times are calculated with the number of units and the batch size. In multi-year planning, both parameters are distributed accordingly.

oThe number of units no longer affects the setup time tr.

oDocuments can now also be linked to offer items.

oThe form now features an option for disabling the printing of working processes.

oThe form for manufacturing content now allows you to select additional columns.

oWork areas can now be printed individually.

•New XML schema version 1.0.8. The XML schema for Structure elements has been extended to include the optional element ProcessValues. The updated schema definition (xsd) is available on the Internet (www.dmc-group.com/SoftwareUpdate/ORTIMplan/XMLSchema/1.0.8).

•Support of the database system Action PSQL v13 SP1.

Improvements

•The program now regularly installs all the plugins downloaded from the Internet (e.g. hotfixes). To date, the plugins were only installed on program startup and when performing the software update (downloading from the Internet). This means that the ORTIMplan service, which runs in the background without any user interaction, can now also use the plugins without being restarted.

•The backup now also backs up user and form databases transferred via the command line.

•The Directories page has been removed from the local settings because the only non-editable entry System settings already appears in the system administration.

•Navigator

oIn the Navigator, the status column is now a default column.

oFind and Replace is now also available for user-defined fields as well.

•ERP interface

oThe Task Scheduler now allows the configuration file to be entered directly in the input field. Directory variables (e.g. group variables) can also be used.

oThe length and decimal places specified in the configuration are now always taken into account. When entering decimal places, the type is automatically checked and, if necessary, corrected to a numeric type.

•Task Scheduler

oThe processing of tasks in the Task Scheduler has been improved.

oTasks that run when a predecessor task finishes are now put into the state Ended after execution.

•System administration

oThe operating system information has been expanded.

oThe version number of the program libraries is now displayed in the system administration.

oThe refresh interval for User and Softlock has been extended from 10 to 30 seconds.

•System diagnosis

oThe operating system information is displayed.

oThe authorizations for the user administrator group directories are checked.

•Installation

oThe standard time category modules are now supplied in the form of XML files, which replace the standard ZMB files supplied in the past. User-defined time category modules (ZMB files) are retained and will continue to be used.

oThe data transfer from a previous version has been improved. System settings are no longer transferred because the directories stored there influence the new installation.

oIn expert mode, the pages for the data directory and for the data transfer are now also displayed during an update installation.

oThe installer has been enhanced and is now able to download the PSQL v11 SP3 database system from the Internet during the ORTIMplan installation and install this instead of the PSQL v12 SP1 database system embedded in the ORTIMplan installation.

oThe installer now uses the Windows AppData directory as the application data directory. Under Windows 10, this is, for example, C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Roaming. For this directory, the security settings required by the program are already set correctly.

oThe installer for the ORTIMplan service now only allows installations that use the Softlock program protection.

oThe program and service uninstallers now have a digital signature (like the installers) and are therefore classified as trusted.

Changes

•All hotfixes that were provided for older versions are integrated in version 8.0.

Updated libraries

•OpenSSL libraries version 1.1.0h: libssl-1_1.dll, libcrypto-1_1.dll.

•7-Zip version 18.05: 7z.exe, 7z.dll.

•Hardlock device driver version 7.80: haspdinst.exe.