Updates, About and help
ProcessModel keeps itself up to date. It checks for a newer version on its own, and you can check whenever you like from Help ▸ Check for Updates.
When you are already current
Section titled “When you are already current”If you have the latest version, the check tells you so and shows the version you are on, for example 7.0.4850. There is nothing to do.
When an update is available
Section titled “When an update is available”If a newer version exists, a panel shows the new version number and a list of what is new, and offers three choices:
- Install now: downloads the update and installs it. ProcessModel closes to finish, then reopens.
- Install on exit: downloads the update now and applies it the next time you quit, so it never interrupts your work.
- Remind me later: puts it off until tomorrow, one week, or two weeks.
The download shows its progress as it goes.
An update marked Required Update has no Remind me later. A computer with an offline-only license sees Updates unavailable in place of a check, and if the check itself fails, the message reads Could not check for updates.
Automatic checks
Section titled “Automatic checks”Check for updates automatically is on by default. With it on, ProcessModel does a quiet check shortly after it starts and only speaks up when there is something to install. Clear the checkbox on the update panel to turn it off; checking from the Help menu still works either way.
After an update
Section titled “After an update”The first time you start ProcessModel after an update, the Welcome screen opens by itself, once, on What’s New, so you see what changed. The notes stay under What’s New on the Welcome screen afterwards.
The Help menu
Section titled “The Help menu”The Help menu has three items:
- Help opens this help site in your browser.
- Check for Updates checks for a newer version, as described above.
- About opens the About window. F1 opens it too.
About and the version
Section titled “About and the version”The About window shows the Version of ProcessModel, with a short build code after it in parentheses. For a paid license, a chip beside the version names the plan, such as Professional or Student. The chip does not show on a trial or on Personal, or while ProcessModel cannot reach the license service.
Third-party licenses opens a short notice for the open-source component that draws the connections on the canvas, with a View license link for the full text. The window ends with the copyright line.
Help in a window
Section titled “Help in a window”Many windows have a Help link in their header, beside the close button. It opens the article for that window in your browser.