Setting Your SCM Connection Parameters (Windows)

Before you can use the VisualAge for Java interface for checking classes in and out of an external SCM tool, you must set your default SCM connection parameters. Before you can set your parameters, you must meet the prerequisites described in the file on preparing to use an external SCM tool. See below for a list of links to related information.

To establish the default parameters for your external SCM connection:

  1. Select any VisualAge for Java project, package, or class in the Workbench window.
  2. From the pop-up menu, select Tools > External SCM > Change Connection. The SCM Connection dialog box will open. (If you do not see this menu option, you may need to reinstall VisualAge for Java, this time selecting the complementary feature for External SCM Tools.)
  3. Click Change to request a list of projects that your SCM tool recognizes.

    We use the term project to refer to your SCM tool's basic unit of organization. For more details, see the related files on SCM concepts and on preparing to use the external SCM interface. Links to these files are listed below.

  4. Select a project from the list. (If you are using ClearCase, it does not actually matter which project ou select from the list.) The SCM Connection dialog box will reappear, with the Project Name field completed.
  5. Click Browse to select the default work directory that the SCM interface should use when it adds .java files to source control and checks them into the SCM repository. See the link to related concepts, below, for more information on work directories.
  6. When you have returned to the SCM Connection dialog box and your selected directory appears in the Work Directory field, click OK.

These parameters will now be passed from VisualAge for Java to your external SCM tool, when you check classes in and out or perform other SCM operations.

The next step is to add your classes to source control in the external SCM tool, so you can check them in and out. See the list of links below for more information.

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External SCM Tools (Windows)

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Preparing to Use an External SCM Tool (Windows)
Exporting Source Code to the File System
Adding Classes to the SCM Repository (Windows)
Checking Classes Out from an External SCM Tool (Windows)
Checking Classes In with an External SCM Tool (Windows)