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Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Guide to building software on Windows
Using HCL VersionVault build tools with Java
The build behavior of Java tools causes various problems for clearmake and omake. Understand the problems and some possible solutions to resolve them.
Building Java applications successfully without .JAVAC
Learn how to build java applications without .JAVAC.

Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
- Managing software projects
- Workflow for creating projects
- Workflow for making baselines
- Workflow for recommending baselines
- Guide to building software on Linux and UNIX
- Guide to building software on Windows
  - VersionVault build concepts
    HCL VersionVault supports makefile based building of software systems and provides a software build environment closely resembling that of the make program.
  - Derived objects and configuration records
    Learn about derived objects and configuration records.
  - Pointers on using HCL VersionVault build tools
    Learn about how to use VersionVault build tools.
  - Working with DOs and configuration records
    You can perform operations on derived objects and configuration records.
  - clearmake makefiles and BOS files
    The HCL VersionVault build program, clearmake, can process makefiles.
  - Using clearmake compatibility modes
    clearmake is designed for compatibility with existing make programs, which minimizes the changes you need to make to your makefiles.
  - Using HCL VersionVault to build C++ programs
    Understand the guidelines and instructions to use the VersionVault build utilities, omake and clearmake, in C++ development environments such as Microsoft Visual C++. You will learn how the makefile fragment works and also present alternate possibilities for working around the problems.
  - Using HCL VersionVault build tools with Java
    The build behavior of Java tools causes various problems for clearmake and omake. Understand the problems and some possible solutions to resolve them.
    - Using make tools with javac
      You can use make tools with the javac compiler.
    - Using javac with clearmake or omake
      You can use the javac compiler with clearmake or omake.
    - Building Java applications successfully without .JAVAC
      Learn how to build java applications without .JAVAC.
      - Writing correct makefiles
        This is an alternative method to build Java applications with clearmake.
      - Allowing rebuilds
        Learn about clearmake rebuild.
      - Configuring makefiles to behave like make
        By using special targets (called directives in omake), you can configure your clearmake or omake makefile so that clearmake or omake behaves as make does with regard to Java builds.
    - Java compilers and case-sensitivity issues
      Most Java compilers require that the case of file names exactly match the case of the class names in the Java source.
    - Auditing Ant builds
      Jakarta Ant is an open-sourced build tool for Java.
  - Setting up a parallel build
    Learn the process to set up and run parallel builds.

Building Java applications successfully without .JAVAC

Learn how to build java applications without .JAVAC.

The following alternatives allow you to successfully build Java applications with clearmake or omake:

Write the makefile correctly
Allow clearmake or omake to rebuild
Configure clearmake or omake makefiles to behave like make

The sub-topics will describe each option in detail.