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Learn how to develop software with HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault Remote Client.
Developing software with HCL VersionVault Explorer
HCL VersionVault provides two clients for software developers: local and remote. Each client supports different mechanisms for accessing source-controlled filesystem objects. Both clients provide graphical and command-line interfaces.
Team support for the HCL VersionVault Explorer interface
The HCL VersionVault Explorer provides graphical user interfaces to VersionVault tools.
VersionVault Dialog Boxes
The HCL VersionVault Explorer uses dialog boxes to provide access to VersionVault operations.
Log in
Depending on the node that is currently selected in your VersionVault Navigator view, you can use this dialog box to log in to a VersionVault WAN server.

Developing
Learn how to develop software with HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault Remote Client.
- Developing software with HCL VersionVault
  HCL VersionVault provides a flexible set of tools that your organization uses to implement its development and change management policies.
- Developing software with HCL VersionVault Explorer
  HCL VersionVault provides two clients for software developers: local and remote. Each client supports different mechanisms for accessing source-controlled filesystem objects. Both clients provide graphical and command-line interfaces.
  - Team software development with VersionVault
    HCL VersionVault provides configuration management services that make it easy for development teams to work with resources in a shared repository. With the HCL VersionVault Explorer, developers can access HCL VersionVault from a variety of network connections, including broadband (WAN) and traditional local area networks (LANs).
  - Working in the team environment with HCL VersionVault
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer supports a variety of team development tasks.
  - Team support for the HCL VersionVault Explorer interface
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer provides graphical user interfaces to VersionVault tools.
    - The VersionVault Explorer perspective
      All HCL VersionVault Explorer functionality is available from the VersionVault Explorer perspective.
    - VersionVault view creation wizards
      Use the HCL VersionVault view creation wizards to create a VersionVault view.
    - VersionVault Change Set view
      The VersionVault Change Set view displays change set information for HCL VersionVault activities.
    - VersionVault Checkouts view
      The VersionVault Checkouts view displays all checkouts in the currently selected view or folder.
    - VersionVault Merge Manager
      The HCL VersionVault Merge Manager is a wizard that manages the process of merging, for one or more elements, a version in a VOB to the version selected by a local VersionVault view. It automates the processes of finding the versions that require a merge, starting a merge, and tracking the progress of a merge. It allows you to suspend and resume merges as needed.
    - VersionVault View Configuration view
      Use the VersionVault View Configuration view to edit the version selection rules and load rules for a view.
    - Create policy view
      Use this VersionVault Explorer view to create a new policy.
    - Edit policy view
      Use this VersionVault Explorer view to modify an existing policy.
    - Create rolemap view
      Use this window to create a new rolemap.
    - Edit rolemap view
      Use this window to edit an existing rolemap.
    - Apply Label wizard
      Use the Apply Label wizard to apply a label to one or more VersionVault resources at the same time.
    - VersionVault Dialog Boxes
      The HCL VersionVault Explorer uses dialog boxes to provide access to VersionVault operations.
      - Log in
        Depending on the node that is currently selected in your VersionVault Navigator view, you can use this dialog box to log in to a VersionVault WAN server.
        VersionVault WAN server
        Use this dialog box to connect to the VersionVault WAN server.
        Log in to the VersionVault WAN server
        Use this dialog box to connect to the VersionVault WAN server that supports the selected VersionVault web view or automatic view.
      - Upgrade Copy Area
        Use this dialog box to upgrade your view to be compatible with the current HCL VersionVault Explorer.
      - Update URL
        Use this dialog box to update the URL for the selected VersionVault WAN server.
      - Load Resources
        Use this dialog box to load resources into a VersionVault Web view or snapshot view. You can also load resources into an automatic view, but it is not necessary insofar as automatic view resources are loaded implicitly by browsing them.
      - Update Resources
        Use this dialog box to update a VersionVault web view, automatic view, or snapshot view or selected resources within such view types.
      - Restore Resources
        You restore a view's resources to reconcile disagreements between client and server about the state of the resources. Such disagreements are called discordances and can affect only web views and automatic views.
      - Add Resources to Source Control
        Use this dialog box to add view-private resources (files and directories that are in a view but not under VersionVault control) to VersionVault.
      - Controls in the checkout dialog box
        Check out a resource when you want to modify it.
      - Undo Checkout
        Use the Undo Checkout dialog box to cancel checkouts for one or more checked-out resources.
      - Choose version to check out
        When your view does not contain the latest version of an element you are attempting to check out, use this dialog box to specify whether HCL VersionVault should check out the version currently loaded in your view or check out the latest version from the VOB.
      - Check in
        Check in resources to commit your modifications to the repository (VOB).
      - Hijack
        To modify a resource that you cannot check out because you are disconnected from the VOB server (in the case of a snapshot view) or from the VersionVault WAN server (in the cases of a web view or automatic view).
      - Undo Hijack
        Use the Undo Hijack dialog box to replace a hijacked file with the currently selected version from the VOB when using Web views.
      - Create working set
        Create a working set when you want the VersionVault Navigator view to display only the selected nodes and the resources under those node in the hierarchy. You can set the VersionVault Navigator to a different working set or back to the Default Working Set at any time.
      - Edit Working Set
        Use the Edit Working Set dialog box to add nodes to a working set, to replace the nodes in a working set, or to remove nodes from a working set.
      - Manage Working Sets
        Use the Manage Working Sets dialog box to delete a working set, import or export a working set, or edit the name of a working set.
      - Rebase Stream
        Use the Rebase Stream dialog box to rebase a UCM stream to the parent stream's recommended baseline or to a different baseline.
      - Rebase Results
        Results of a Rebase are displayed in the Rebase Results view.
      - Rebase
        Specifies the outcome of a rebase operation.
      - Deliver from Stream
        Use the Deliver from Stream dialog box to deliver your work from a UCM development view.
      - Select an existing stream
        Select a stream for a deliver operation.
      - Default Deliver
        Specify the target for a default deliver operation.
      - Reset Deliver to Another View
        Use the Reset Deliver to Another View dialog box to change the target view for a deliver operation already in progress.
      - Deliver Results
        Results of a Deliver are displayed in the Deliver Results view.
      - VersionVault Posted Deliveries view
        Use the HCL VersionVault Posted Deliveries view to complete a remote deliver operation.
      - Deliver
        Specifies the outcome of a deliver operation.
      - Element Log
        The Element Log dialog box displays the transcript of VersionVault operations performed on an element during a rebase or deliver operation.
      - Create Label Type
        Use the Create Label Type dialog to create new label types.
      - Create Branch Type
        Use the Create Branch Type dialog to create a new branch type.
      - Remove Label Type
        Use the Remove Label Type dialog to remove label types in a base VersionVault (non-UCM project) VOB.
      - Create Hyperlink Type
        Use the Create Hyperlink Type dialog box to create a hyperlink type for future use within a VOB.
      - Remove Hyperlink Types
        Use the Remove Hyperlink Types dialog box to remove one or more hyperlink types from the current VOB.
      - Remove Branch Type
        Use the Remove Branch Type dialog to remove branch types in a base VersionVault (non-UCM project) VOB.
      - Remove UCM components
        Use the Remove UCM components dialog box to remove VersionVault UCM components in a UCM Project VOB.
      - Repair Discordance
        Use this dialog box to repair resources in a VersionVault automatic view or web view that are in a discordant state.
      - Apply Label
        Use the Apply Label dialog box to select a label and attach it to a version.
      - Make Baseline
        Use the Make Baseline dialog to create a UCM baseline for the selected stream.
      - Recommend Baselines
        Use the Recommend Baselines dialog to recommend a set of baselines for components in a UCM project.
      - Select Baseline
        Use the Select Baseline dialog to select a baseline to recommend.
      - Compare Baselines view
        The VersionVault Compare Baselines view displays differences between two resources (baselines or streams) in VersionVault UCM.
      - Move
        Use the Move dialog box to change the location of a resource.
      - Remove
        Use this dialog box to remove a resource from HCL VersionVault.
      - Rename
        Use this dialog box to change the name of a resource.
      - Create VOB Symbolic Link
        Use the Create VOB Symbolic Link dialog box to create a relative symbolic link (symlink) in a Versioned Object Base (VOB).
      - Choose Version
        Enter the version of the element that you want to compare the selected version to.
      - Find an activity
        Use this dialog box to select an existing activity from the current stream. The activity you select is associated with the changes that you are making.
    - VersionVault properties view
      The HCL VersionVault properties view displays properties of elements, versions, VOBs, and VersionVault views. Some properties of elements, versions, and VOBs can be modified by a user with adequate privileges.
    - Pending Changes view
      The Pending Changes view enables you to preview and accept all changes to your view, to resolve conflicts, and to synchronize changes in both the Base VersionVault and UCM environments.
    - Compare/Merge view
      The Compare/Merge view displays contributor and/or output files for either compare operations or merge operations, depending on the context in which the view was accessed.
    - Other reference topics

Log in

Depending on the node that is currently selected in your VersionVault Navigator view, you can use this dialog box to log in to a VersionVault WAN server.

Log into VersionVault WAN server

If you using a web or automatic view and you attempt to connect by selecting a VersionVault element, view or server; or if you attempt to modify an element under VersionVault source control, you are prompted to enter credentials in the WAN dialog box. See Log in to the VersionVault WAN server

Store and use credentials

If you select this option, the user name that you enter for each server and/or database is stored across the current and all future sessions of the current workspace. The password is stored for the current session only.

For each server or database that you attempt to access, the client attempts to use the stored credentials. You are only prompted for credentials if the user name or password is not stored or is not correct. You can clear stored credentials by selecting a server, right-clicking and selecting Clear stored credentials.

You are required to enter credentials slightly differently for each of the following cases:

Same user name, same password for the VersionVault WAN server: enter user name only once during initial session; enter password only once during each session.
Different user names, same password for the VersionVault WAN server: enter user name once for each server during initial session; enter password only once during each session.
Same user names, different passwords for the VersionVault WAN server: enter user name only once during initial session; enter password once for each server during each session.
Different user names, different passwords for the VersionVault WAN server: enter user name once for each server during initial session; enter password once for each server during each session.

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