Launching Your SCM Program (Windows)

VisualAge for Java provides a seamless interface from the IDE to several popular software configuration management tools. At times, you may also need to launch the native client software for your SCM tool, for example to check resource files into your SCM repository. (The SCM interface in VisualAge for Java only supports Java source files.)

To launch your SCM client software from inside the IDE:

  1. From the Workbench window, select any project, package, classes, or interface.
  2. From the pop-up menu, select Tools > External SCM > Launch SCM Program.

Default SCM
If you have more than one SCM tool installed on your computer, VisualAge for Java automatically interfaces with the one that is defined as the default in the Windows registry, under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\Software\SourceCodeControlProvider, for the variable ProviderRegKey.

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External SCM Tools (Windows)

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Preparing to Use an External SCM Tool (Windows)
Setting Your SCM Connection Parameters (Windows)
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)