What is new
Version 3.4
Docker Image for Release 2026.1.0
Configure Docker Image via environment variables
Define Relationships between entries (Entry Hooks)
Bugfixes
RCE: drag and drop from player or clip area onto timeline item was broken since 3.2.5
Version 3.3
Collaborative text editing (and no file locking anymore)
Also see Collaborative Text Editing
Note: Collaborative Text Editing does only work when using Content Manager 3.3 (or newer)
It is not available when using Database Manager (DBM), editing a RTF in DBM still locks the doument
Docker Image for Release 2025.3.0
Version 3.2
Docker Image for Release 2025.2.0
https://docker-registry-public.davidsystems.com/dpe-contentmanager:release2025.2.0
Bugfixes, speed improvements and small features
Version 3.1
Bugfixes
Version 3.0
Independent deployment and maintenance
Starting with version 3.x, ContentManager is an independent, standalone web application that can be hosted in any web server and on any platform
ContentManager can be updated and maintained independently from the service backend
We provide a ContentManager docker image for easy, containerized deployment
ContentManager is not part of the DPE setup anymore, which previously installed web frontends and web services as one monolithic application inside Microsoft IIS
Improved table search and overview
Keep table selection when searching for tables
Spot all selected tables easily
See selected table(s) in tab header
Entry grid context menu (right click on entry)
Configure Right-Click Context Menu
Choose which context menu items appear in the top bar or in the new entry context menu or in both
Faster metadata editing
In-place edit of title in grid
Speech-to-text Support
CAE-like S2T experience in details pane
Play head and text position/selection are linked
CAE-like shortcuts work in S2T area
Improved Audio Player
Playback speed can be changed (in details pane), e.g. 0.5x or 2.0x
Larger and redesigned control buttons (that will soon be used in all DAVID web applications)
Details Pane Templates
Advanced Details Pane Templates
Support for embedded JavaScript event handlers onSelectedEntryChanged_DetailsPane and onEditModeChanged_DetailsPane allow to add dynamic behavior to your pageAdding combo-box component and binding to dynamic data sources
Improved combo-box widget allows to combine any definition list (also user defined definition lists) to any metadata field now
Other
Table and user specific content facets
Support for automatically setting MusicID
Redirection
The DPE Installation 2.13.x allows redirection to the new 3.x versions via configuring web.config files