All apps I have seen in PDM have an add-in. Is there downsides to not having an Add-in. We have a 3 party application that built software but it doesn’t use the add-ins in PDM does this cause stability issues?
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It depends on how the program is intended to be used.
Typically, an add-in will utilize event hooks like (before-check-out, after-check-out, before-state-change, etc.) to run custom code, add menu buttons, or run code for data card buttons for example.
If you have a 3rd party standalone application, that may be more geared toward performing a specific task that PDM doesn’t do out of the box. For something like this, batch checkin/out & updating/changing files is very common.
The intent of the program will usually be best suited for one approach over the other.
ok sounds good It just seemed weird and doesn’t perform well