Trados Business Manager – End of Life Announcement

Trados Business Manager (TBM) has reached end of life. Following the discontinuation of TBM sales on 31 October 2023, all maintenance and support services will conclude on 31 October 2024.
What Does This Mean for TBM Users?

  • End of Services: RWS will no longer provide any services related to the installation or updating of TBM.
  • Existing Installations: TBM will remain functional where already installed, but the RWS support team will not offer assistance in troubleshooting issues, addressing reported problems, or providing further development for TBM.
  • Documentation: The TBM documentation has been removed from docs.rws.com.
  • Community Support: The community forum for TBM will remain accessible in a read-only format for users to reference if needed.

Message Template Defaults

When I want to send an invoice, I first go to a long list of message templates, then I search on Invoice.  The invoice template will come up, with the possibility of assigning this template as the default for new invoices. 

When I chose this option, I get the following error:

If I chose a different random message template, such as assignment cancelled, and pick "Make this default for new Invoices," there is no error message.

If, instead of doing a search on "invoice," I scroll down through the massive list of message templates and find "invoice," I can mark this as the default without a problem.  However, when I want to send an invoice, this template does not come up by default, and I have to search through the list again.  It is simpler to just skip this "feature" and send a normal email with the PDF invoice as attachment.  This was never a problem with BACCS, yet RWS can't get this simple procedure right.  What is going on??

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