Attribute Type Browser

Use the Attribute Type Browser to create or modify attribute type objects. As with other HCL VersionVault objects, you must create the type object before you can create an instance.

The browser lists names and states of attribute type objects in the VOB that is selected in the File Browser. It supports the following menus:

File
Type
Locks

Directory selector

Use the directory selector under the menu icons to list type objects in a different VOB. The directory selector displays the VOB tags of the VOBs mounted on your host. To display type objects in a different VOB, click the arrow next to the directory selector and click a VOB tag.

File menu

The File menu contains the following commands that control the graphical user interface.

Force on this browser: Updates HCL VersionVault information on this browser only.
Update browsers: Updates HCL VersionVault information on all browser displays. By default, all browsers are updated after each File Browser command runs, and when you remain inactive for 15 seconds.
New file browser: Starts another File Browser in a new window.
Close window: Closes current browser window.

Type menu

This menu contains commands for managing type objects in the VOB that you select.

Create: Creates an attribute type object for future use in the current VOB.
Create (multiple VOBs): Creates an attribute type object for future use in the VOBs that you specify.
Rename: Assigns a new name to the selected attribute type object and to all instances of the type object throughout the VOB. If the object is global, all local copies of the type object are assigned the new name.
Revise creation comment: Changes the comment string in the event record for the creation of the selected attribute type objects.
Describe: Displays the property window for the selected attribute type objects.
Destroy type: Removes the selected attribute type objects from the VOB if no instances of the types exist in the VOB.
Destroy attributes and type: First, removes all instances of the selected attribute type objects from the VOB and then removes the type objects from the VOB.

Locks menu

Obsolete: Creates a lock on the selected type objects for all users and makes the type objects obsolete.
Unlock: Removes an existing lock from the selected type objects.
Show lock: Lists the lock-related information for the selected type objects.