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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 view creation wizards
Use the HCL VersionVault view creation wizards to create a VersionVault view.
Join a UCM project and create UCM views
You must join a UCM project before you can create a UCM view. Some projects require only an integration view, others require both an integration view and a development view.
Join a UCM Project
Before you create a UCM VersionVault view, you must specify a UCM project with which it will be associated. Your project leader can supply this information and the name of the Project VOB and folder in which you can find the project.

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.
      - Specifying the view type
        The types of view that you can create depend on whether you are using the HCL VersionVault remote client or the HCL VersionVault local client.
      - Specifying the view tag
        A view tag is the name by which a view is referenced.
      - View options
        Specify options for the view
      - View configuration
        Specify various configuration parameters for the view
      - Join a UCM project and create UCM views
        You must join a UCM project before you can create a UCM view. Some projects require only an integration view, others require both an integration view and a development view.
        Join a UCM Project
        Before you create a UCM VersionVault view, you must specify a UCM project with which it will be associated. Your project leader can supply this information and the name of the Project VOB and folder in which you can find the project.
        Create a VersionVault UCM development view/environment
        Create or specify a development stream and a development view in which to work on UCM project activities.
        Create a VersionVault UCM integration view
        In a typical UCM project, you work on activities in a development view and deliver completed activities to an integration view. In a single-stream UCM project, all users work on activities in an integration 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.
    - 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

Join a UCM Project

Before you create a UCM VersionVault view, you must specify a UCM project with which it will be associated. Your project leader can supply this information and the name of the Project VOB and folder in which you can find the project.

A UCM project is defined in a Project VOB. If your site uses UCM, it already has one or more Project VOBs. Projects exist in these VOBs as collections of metadata, some of which is used to configure newly created VersionVault views in which work on the project will be done. Projects can be listed individually in the Project VOB or can be organized into folders of related projects.

This wizard page allows you to select a UCM project to join. Once you select a project, a suggested development stream name, a development view name and an integration view name appear at the top of the dialog box. To accept the suggested stream and views, click Finish. To edit the stream and views, click Next.

Note: UCM projects are created on a VersionVault server. You cannot create a UCM project from the HCL VersionVault Explorer.

Controls in the dialog box

The following controls appear in the dialog box:


Control name	Control description
Select a UCM project to join	Each folder in the list represents a Project VOB. Click the plus sign (+) to the left of any folder to show the Project VOB's contents, which may include projects, folders containing projects, or both. Projects are decorated with the icon. Select the project you want to join and click Next. Note: If you also have the native VersionVault client (the "thick" client) installed on your machine in addition to the VersionVault Explorer, this list box contains a VersionVault Local node.
Let me enter an identifier for my integration stream	Click to enter an identifying label for your integration stream in the text box.
Connect	If you want to access the project through a Web view or automatic view, click to invoke a login dialog box for the VersionVault WAN server, if you are not already connected to that server.
Back	Returns to the previous step.
Next	Confirms your selections and moves on to the next step.
Finish	Creates a development stream, a development view and an integration view using the suggested values.
Cancel	Cancels the operation.

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