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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.
Working in the team environment with HCL VersionVault
The HCL VersionVault Explorer supports a variety of team development tasks.
Setting HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences
Before you begin working with the HCL VersionVault Explorer, review and, if necessary, change the application's default preferences.
Configuring HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences
With the HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences page you can specify appearance and behavior preferences for the HCL VersionVault Explorer.

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).
  - Working in the team environment with HCL VersionVault
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer supports a variety of team development tasks.
    - Using the HCL VersionVault Explorer
      You can use the HCL VersionVault Explorer with UCM or base VersionVault.
    - Using the HCL VersionVault Explorer for Eclipse
      You can use the HCL VersionVault Explorer for Eclipse with UCM or base VersionVault.
    - Setting HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences
      Before you begin working with the HCL VersionVault Explorer, review and, if necessary, change the application's default preferences.
      - Configuring HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences
        With the HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences page you can specify appearance and behavior preferences for the HCL VersionVault Explorer.
      - Configuring Eclipse workspace preferences
        Use the Editors/Workspace preferences page to specify how the HCL VersionVault Explorer for Eclipse interacts with Eclipse workspaces and embedded editors.
      - Configuring HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences
        If you use an automatic view or a web view, you can specify proxy server connection settings for the HCL VersionVault Explorer in the VersionVault Explorer Connections preferences page.
      - Configuring HCL VersionVault Explorer Groups preferences
        With the HCL VersionVault Explorer Groups preferences page, you can specify primary group preferences for the HCL VersionVault Explorer.
    - Connecting to an HCL VersionVault (WAN) server
      If you are using a Web view or automatic view, you must connect to an HCL VersionVault (WAN) server to access resources in VersionVault repositories.
    - Disconnecting from a server or user database
      In some circumstances, you might want to disconnect from a VersionVault WAN server.
    - Removing a server
      You can remove a server from the VersionVault Navigator if you no longer want it to appear in the VersionVault Navigator.
    - Creating a VersionVault view
      Create a VersionVault view to access resources in VersionVault repositories.
    - Mounting VOBs
      Mount (or activate) VOBs to access source files from a view.
    - Unmounting VOBs
      When using dynamic views, you may want to unmount (or deactivate) a VOB.
    - Starting Dynamic views
      Start an existing Dynamic view to access source files.
    - Ending Dynamic views
      You can deactivate a Dynamic view by ending it.
    - Exploring VersionVault repositories
      Use the VersionVault Navigator and VersionVault Details view to explore VersionVault repositories and views.
    - Loading resources into a VersionVault view
      To work with resources in a VersionVault Web view or snapshot view that are under VersionVault source control, load them into the view. Load rules are optional for automatic views and inapplicable to dynamic views.
    - Adding resources to HCL VersionVault source control
      Use the Add to Source Control dialog box to add view-private resources to HCL VersionVault.
    - Working with resources under HCL VersionVault source control
      You can use UCM or base VersionVault to share your work with a team.
    - Working with ACLs
      You can create, edit, and remove ACL policies and rolemaps using the VersionVault Explorer.
    - Creating a working set
      To create a working set in the VersionVault Navigator view, complete the following steps.
    - Maintaining your VersionVault environment
      This section provides descriptions of HCL VersionVault Explorer maintenance tasks.
  - Team support for the HCL VersionVault Explorer interface
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer provides graphical user interfaces to VersionVault tools.

Configuring HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences

With the HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences page you can specify appearance and behavior preferences for the HCL VersionVault Explorer.

Procedure

To configure HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences:

From the main menu bar, click Window > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box.
- If you are using the HCL VersionVault Explorer for Eclipse, select Team > HCL VersionVault Explorer.
- If you are using the HCL VersionVault Explorer, select HCL VersionVault Explorer.
Specify the style of VersionVault decorations that you prefer.
These decorations provide a visual indication of the VersionVault state of a resource. You can select icon decorations, text decorations, or both. For more information about these decorations and what they mean, see VersionVault label decorations and resource states.
Note: In the Eclipse environment, VersionVault decorations can be disabled. For more information, see Enabling resource decorations.
If you are using Web view, the VersionVault WAN server to which you connect must use a character set encoding that is compatible with the character set encoding for which your client host is configured. If a client and server use incompatible character set encodings, many VersionVault operations will fail. When you run the HCL VersionVault Explorer on a computer that is configured to use a language other than US English, the Log in dialog box warns you about this each time you connect to the VersionVault WAN server. To suppress this warning, select Set default to not display incompatible encodings warning on non-English clients.
Save your preferences.
- To restore the HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences to their default settings, click Restore Defaults
- Click Apply to set the specified preferences and leave the dialog box open.
- Click OK to set the specified preferences and close the dialog box.
- To nullify any changes to the HCL VersionVault Explorer preferences you have made during the current session and close the dialog box, click Cancel.

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