What's New in Patch My PC Publisher V3

Applies to: Patch My PC Publisher V3.x

Version 3.0 of the Patch My PC (PMPC) Publisher includes a new user interface, with the menu options now down the left-hand side of the screen rather than across the top.

Note

This article was created on a pre-release version of Publisher so the screenshots are for information only and may not accurately reflect the released product.

Other new features and improvements include:

Ability to Switch Modes	New Stats View	New Advanced Filtering
New Grid View	New Copy Products	New Text Filter
Integrated Popups	Separate Product Tabs	Separate Alerts Pages
Show Dependencies	Service Status	Feedback Function

See the relevant section below for more details.

Ability to Switch Modes

Clicking the Theme control at the bottom of the screen lets you switch between modes (such as light and dark) to find the one that suits you best.

New Stats View

When you access an app view, we have added a new Stats View at the bottom of this window(toggled by using the stats view button (1) on the toolbar).

The green stats are installers and the others are groups of our right-click options.

Clicking any of these stats filters the catalog to display only items that match the selected stats.

New Advanced Filtering

When you access an app view, you can now use advanced Filtering to make it easier to search for apps and their settings.

Available filters include:

• Any (no filter)

• Must have

• Must NOT have

New Grid View

The new grid view not only lets you choose how you view the apps, but also shows useful app-specific information on each app’s card (including optional grouping to group all variants of an app into a single card).

New Copy Products

Now, when you click Copy Products, you are prompted which tab you want to copy the selection to. Previously, the copy destination depended on which tab the copy form control was clicked from.

New Text Filter

This text box filters the grid or product tree based on the text entered.

Integrated Popups

In the current release of Publisher, many of the views and options are pop-ups. Where possible, these have now been integrated into the main form.

In the majority of cases, the functionality has not changed; the change is purely cosmetic.

For example, in the current release of Publisher, Intune Options are shown as follows.

This is how Intune Options appears in V3 of the Publisher.

Note

Some views and options (like the CVE Import Wizard) will still open as a pop-up, but you can move the pop-up and use them alongside the main Publisher window.

Separate Product Tabs

In Publisher V3, our Catalog Products and Custom Products have been split out into separate tabs, even in the tree view. This makes it easier to find and work with the product relevant to your environment.

Separate Alerts Pages

Alerts have now been split into two separate pages to make them easier to work with and to eliminate the scroll bar.

Show Dependencies

You can now view (via a new icon) any dependencies the app may have, based on our metadata for each supported product.

This is also available in the Tree View:

Service Status

Sync Progress has now been moved into the new Service Status tab, which will also include several useful statistics for the Publisher.

Feedback Function

The new function allows you to provide feedback to us on your experience of using the Publisher. Optionally, you can also include screenshots and logs which will help us resolve any issues you may be having faster.