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Learn how to develop software with HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault Remote Client.
Developing software with HCL VersionVault Explorer
HCL VersionVault provides two clients for software developers: local and remote. Each client supports different mechanisms for accessing source-controlled filesystem objects. Both clients provide graphical and command-line interfaces.
Team software development with VersionVault
HCL VersionVault provides configuration management services that make it easy for development teams to work with resources in a shared repository. With the HCL VersionVault Explorer, developers can access HCL VersionVault from a variety of network connections, including broadband (WAN) and traditional local area networks (LANs).
About VersionVault views
An HCL VersionVault view provides access to resources in HCL VersionVault repositories.
Disagreements between the VersionVault WAN server and its clients
When a web view or automatic view has a notion about the state of a resource that differs from that of the VersionVault WAN server, you must restore the resource to resolve the discordance. (Dynamic and snapshot views are not subject to discordances.)

Developing
Learn how to develop software with HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault Remote Client.
- Developing software with HCL VersionVault
  HCL VersionVault provides a flexible set of tools that your organization uses to implement its development and change management policies.
- Developing software with HCL VersionVault Explorer
  HCL VersionVault provides two clients for software developers: local and remote. Each client supports different mechanisms for accessing source-controlled filesystem objects. Both clients provide graphical and command-line interfaces.
  - Team software development with VersionVault
    HCL VersionVault provides configuration management services that make it easy for development teams to work with resources in a shared repository. With the HCL VersionVault Explorer, developers can access HCL VersionVault from a variety of network connections, including broadband (WAN) and traditional local area networks (LANs).
    - About VersionVault Explorer preferences
      Before you begin working with the HCL VersionVault Explorer, review and, if necessary, change the application's default preferences.
    - Configuring VersionVault Explorer preferences
      Use the VersionVault Windows Explorer preferences page to specify the appearance of the VersionVault Explorer.
    - About the HCL VersionVault WAN server
      If you are running in a WAN environment, the HCL VersionVault WAN server provides the HCL VersionVault Explorer with access to HCL VersionVault repositories and support for HCL VersionVault web views and automatic views.
    - About connecting to servers and user databases
      You must connect to a VersionVault WAN server to create a VersionVault web view or automatic view or to perform certain operations within such views
    - About VOBs and versioned objects
      Versioned Object Bases, or VOBs, are VersionVault repositories that are hosted on an HCL VersionVault server.
    - About VersionVault views
      An HCL VersionVault view provides access to resources in HCL VersionVault repositories.
      - VersionVault view configuration
        Each VersionVault view has a configuration specification that specifies the resources that the view accesses from the server.
      - About reserved and unreserved checkouts
        A reserved checkout guarantees that no merge will be needed when you check in your changes.
      - About hijacked files
        In a snapshot, Web, or automatic view, you can hijack a file to modify it without checking it out. Hijacking a file is not applicable for a dynamic view.
      - HCL VersionVault triggers
        When project managers implement project policies with HCL VersionVault triggers, users may be prompted to provide additional information or take further action with certain HCL VersionVault operations.
      - About view text modes
        Every VersionVault view has a view text mode, which controls how line terminations are handled in text files.
      - Disagreements between the VersionVault WAN server and its clients
        When a web view or automatic view has a notion about the state of a resource that differs from that of the VersionVault WAN server, you must restore the resource to resolve the discordance. (Dynamic and snapshot views are not subject to discordances.)
      - About VOB namespace changes
        When you move, rename, or delete a resource under VersionVault source control in a VersionVault view, the change is reflected in both the view and the VOB from which the resource was accessed.
    - About ACL authorization
      If access control list (ACL) authorization is enabled, the identities and protection modes for some object types are administered through policies, which define permissions for roles; and rolemaps, which map the roles to principals.
    - About VersionVault Unified Change Management (UCM)
      Unified Change Management (UCM) is a structured development process that is based on HCL VersionVault tools.
    - About using the VersionVault Pending Changes view
      The VersionVault Pending Changes view enables you to preview and resolve changes to the current web view or automatic view.
    - About Base VersionVault
      Unstructured access to VersionVault tools is provided by base VersionVault.
    - About the HCL VersionVault Explorer for Eclipse
      The HCL VersionVault Explorer for Eclipse integrates HCL VersionVault with Eclipse team services.
    - About working sets in the HCL VersionVault Navigator view
      Use working sets to limit the items that appear in the VersionVault Navigator view.
  - Working in the team environment with HCL VersionVault
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer supports a variety of team development tasks.
  - Team support for the HCL VersionVault Explorer interface
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer provides graphical user interfaces to VersionVault tools.

Disagreements between the VersionVault WAN server and its clients

When a web view or automatic view has a notion about the state of a resource that differs from that of the VersionVault WAN server, you must restore the resource to resolve the discordance. (Dynamic and snapshot views are not subject to discordances.)

Every VersionVault Web view and automatic view is supported by a VersionVault WAN server. Both server and client keep a record of the versions loaded into the view and their VersionVault state. Any of the following types of events can cause these two databases to disagree on the state of resources in a VersionVault view:

The client or server shuts down abruptly.
The network connection between the client and server is interrupted.
A user or process on the HCL VersionVault Explorer host modifies one of those resources without using HCL VersionVault tools (for example, removing a file with an operating system command).

When this sort of disagreement occurs, the database on the server is considered to hold definitive information about resources that have been loaded into the view. Resources affected by such a disagreement are listed in the VersionVault Details view with a State of Discordant.

For information about how to correct discordance, see Resolving disagreements (discordance) between a view and the VersionVault WAN server.

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