How the Visual Studio integration is implemented

Two interfaces that Microsoft Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) such as Visual C++, Visual J++, and Visual Basic provide are used to implement the HCL VersionVault integration with Visual Studio:

  • Microsoft Common Source Code Control (SCC) Integration Specification. This API receives the common source control commands you issue from the IDE's user interfaces.

    The API does not enable HCL VersionVault to provide its own context-sensitive help.

  • Add-ins. To provide access to additional HCL VersionVault functions and applications, the HCL VersionVault integration provides a Visual Studio Add-in.