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Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Guide to building software on Windows
Derived objects and configuration records
Learn about derived objects and configuration records.
Kinds of derived objects
There are two main types of derived objects (DOs), shareable DOs and non-shareable DOs. Learn about the kinds of DOs and their life cycles.

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.
    - Derived objects overview
      Derived objects are created during builds with HCL VersionVault build tools. They are used for build avoidance and derived object sharing.
    - Configuration records
      A configuration record (CR) is the bill of materials for a derived object or set of DOs.
    - Kinds of derived objects
      There are two main types of derived objects (DOs), shareable DOs and non-shareable DOs. Learn about the kinds of DOs and their life cycles.
      - Shareable DOs
        This is a shareable kind of DO.
      - Nonshareable DOs
        This is a non-shareable kind of DO.
      - Storage of derived objects
        When a DO is created, its data container is located in the view storage area.
      - DO versions
        You can check in a derived object as a version of an element, creating a DO version. Other versions of such an element can also be, but need not be, derived objects.
    - Reuse of DO IDs
      The DO ID for a shareable derived object is guaranteed to be unique within the VOB, for all views.
    - Derived object reference counts
      A reference count of a DO is the number of times the derived object appears in HCL VersionVault dynamic views throughout the network.
  - 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.
  - Setting up a parallel build
    Learn the process to set up and run parallel builds.

Kinds of derived objects

There are two main types of derived objects (DOs), shareable DOs and non-shareable DOs. Learn about the kinds of DOs and their life cycles.

During a regular build, HCL VersionVault build tools create shareable derived objects. During an express build, they create non-shareable derived objects. Both kinds of DOs have configuration records, but only shareable DOs can be winked in by other views.