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Welcome to Versions 2.0! You can get started immediately by opening the StarDraw.stp sample project installed in your Versions Samples directory, log in as NAllis, and start your test drive.
Press Ctrl+N to create a new project.
Press Ctrl+O to open an existing project.
After you create a project, select the File Not in Project filter and use Files=>Add Files to put files under version control.
Use Files=>Check In to provide a reason for checking in a file or to change check-in options. Use the Check In button on the toolbar or context menu for a quick check-in.
Use Files=>Check Out to change check-out options. Use the Check Out button on the toolbar or context menu for a quick check-out.
Use the Video Tutorials (sound card required) on your Versions CD to learn about product features quickly and easily.
It is usually a good policy to make subprojects that contain either all subprojects or all files. Users can then select a subproject at the next level without waiting for the files in the subproject to display in the project tree first.
Scope buttons let you view various descendants of the current project tree selection - No Descendants, Immediate Descendants, and All Descendants.
After a new project tree or tab selection, the first scope button is automatically selected. This can be changed by clearing Options=>Workstation=>Display=>Reset scope selection on change.
Press F5 to refresh the contents of the current project window with recent updates from other users.
Use Designate Build... to create incremental testable steps in the process of product development. Use Designate Milestone... to create significant steps in the process, steps that represent events in the product's life cycle.
You can change the status of defects to Fixed at the same time you check in files. Use Files=>Check In... and click Show Defects>>.
You can enable your project to use an installed MAPI compliant mail system such as MS Mail or MS Exchange by setting Project=>Properties=>Defaults=>Use mail.
You can exclude certain file types from a subproject's "Files not in project" filter view through Project=>Properties=>Exclude.
To display only information of interest in the project window: Select an item from the project tree, then a tab, a filter from the Filter drop-down list box, and one of the three scope buttons.
To sort listed information, click a column header. Click it again to reverse the sort order. Right-click a second column header to perform a secondary sort.
Jump to a listed record quickly by having focus on one of the listed records and then typing the first few characters of a value found in the current column sort.
Sort and select the displayed information before selecting Reports.... The data in your report will match your sort and selection.
A file's associated application icon appears in the far left Files tab column and next to the file in the project tree.
A file's "vault" file is also sometimes referred to as an "archive" file. It is where all past file versions reside.
Compressing a file's vault file may drastically reduce the amount of disk space your vault files take and speed check in and check out. See Files=>Compress Vault File.
Integration for Microsoft's Developer Studio may be installed using the Custom install option.
Selected files can have their vault files compressed and decompressed.
Use Project=>Branch Subproject to create alternative versions of the files in the subproject.
Use Files=>Merge to merge your working file with the latest checked in version of the file. The merged file becomes your new working copy of the file.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can create subprojects or branch subprojects.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can modify project and subproject properties.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can delete versions.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can purge non-permanent versions from a file in the vault.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can change the status of a version from permanent to non-permanent.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can delete projects.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can remove files or subprojects from version control.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can manage the user list.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can break locks set by other users.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can designate builds and milestones.
When security is enabled, only an administrator can clear the audit log.
You can import version control information from PVCS 5.2.10 projects.
When security is enabled, you must use a password.
Change your password by selecting your account from the Team tab and then Team=>Properties.
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Using a combination of Groups and Security Templates, a project administrator can quickly and easily restrict file access for certain sets of users.
A Group object can be used to assemble users having similar attributes. Groups can be defined from the Team tab.
Security Templates declare a set of permissions.
Security Templates are applied from the Users tab of a subproject's property sheet.
Security Templates can be defined via the Project menu.
A user or a group can be associated with a Security Template using the Users tab from any Subproject property sheet.
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Create a report about whatever is displayed in the right pane of the project window. Select Reports... from the Files, History, Team, or Audit menus.
Chart whatever is displayed in the right pane of the project window. Select Charts... from the Files, History, Team, or Audit menus.
Set check-in and check-out options for your workstation using Options=>Workstation.
Set display options for your workstation using Options=>Workstation.
Change the default text editor using Options=>Workstation=>Tools.
Change the project window refresh rate using Options=>Workstation=>Display.
Hide the splash screen using Options=>Workstation=>Display.
Hide the toolbar using Options=>Workstation=>Display.
Hide the status bar using Options=>Workstation=>Display.
Control whether projects are restored at startup using Options=>Workstation=>Display.
Enable or disable confirmation messages using Options=>Workstation=>Confirm.
Close all chart windows simultaneously using Windows=>Close All Charts.
Close all report windows simultaneously using Windows=>Close All Reports.
Disable tips by unchecking Show Tips on Startup.
Use Omega Storage for large text files that change dramatically from version to version (such as .rtf files for Windows help).
Right-click for context menus.
Double-click an audit entry to see its properties.
Double-click a file to run its associated application.
Double-click a project or subproject to expand or collapse that branch of the project tree.
Double-click a version to see its properties.
To quickly locate all the files you need to check in or out, select the project from the project tree, the Files tab, the Files to Check In or Files to Check Out filter, and the rightmost scope button (All Descendants).
To quickly locate the files you can add to a project and its subprojects, select the project from the project tree, the Files tab, the Files Not in Project filter, and the rightmost scope button (All Descendants).
To display audit entries for file events, use the Only File Events filter.
To display audit entries for project events, use the Only Project Events filter.
To display audit entries for subproject events, use the Only Subproject Events filter.
To display audit entries for user events, use the Only User Events filter.
To display all the audit entries caused by your actions, use the User = Me filter.
To take a quick look at the audit entries that report warnings, use the Type = Warning filter.
To take a quick look at the audit entries that report errors, use the Type = Error filter.
To review a month of audit entries, use the Date Range = 1 Month filter.
To review a week of audit entries, use the Date Range = 1 Week filter.
To review a day of audit entries, use the Date Range = Last 24 Hours filter.
You can add files from the command line using stcmd add. To see the available options, type stcmd add /? at the command line.
You can check in files from the command line using stcmd ci. To see the available options, type stcmd ci /? at the command line.
You can check out files from the command line using stcmd co. To see the available options, type stcmd co /? at the command line.
You can lock and unlock files from the command line using stcmd lck. To see the available options, type stcmd lck /? at the command line.
You can merge branches and files from the command line using stcmd mrg. To see the available options, type stcmd mrg /? at the command line.
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You can override a subproject's default working directory from the subproject's property sheet.
