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HCL VersionVault Remote Client - base VersionVault tutorial
This tutorial explains how to set up your base VersionVault environment in the HCL VersionVault Explorer so that you can start working with resources in a repository (a VersionVault VOB).
Working with resources in a repository
This section of the tutorial describes how to add resources to source control, modify resources, and use the HCL VersionVault Explorer to perform other operations on resources.
Loading resources into a VersionVault view
To access resources, you must load them into your VersionVault view.

Tutorials
Complete tutorials with specific learning objectives for the product.
- HCL VersionVault tutorial
  Welcome to the HCL VersionVault tutorial. This tutorial shows you how to start working with HCL VersionVault.
- HCL VersionVault Remote Client - base VersionVault tutorial
  This tutorial explains how to set up your base VersionVault environment in the HCL VersionVault Explorer so that you can start working with resources in a repository (a VersionVault VOB).
  - Introduction
    This tutorial helps you learn the basic skills needed to use the HCL VersionVault Explorer.
  - Getting started with base VersionVault
    Base VersionVault is a collection of tools that developers can use to work in parallel on a shared set of files, and project managers can use to define policies that govern how developers work together.
  - Working with resources in a repository
    This section of the tutorial describes how to add resources to source control, modify resources, and use the HCL VersionVault Explorer to perform other operations on resources.
    - Loading resources into a VersionVault view
      To access resources, you must load them into your VersionVault view.
    - Eclipse: Sharing a project
      You must move your Eclipse project into your VersionVault view (share it) before you can add it to source control.
    - Eclipse: Adding a project to source control
      You add resources to source control so that you can track changes and share your work with others.
    - Creating resources and adding them to source control
      You add resources to source control so that you can track changes and share your work.
    - Modifying a resource
      To modify a resource, you check it out from source control.
    - Finding checked-out resources
      You can use the VersionVault search function to find checked-out files and directories.
    - Canceling a checkout
      If you decide not to keep your changes, you can cancel a checkout.
    - Committing modifications to the repository
      To commit your changes to the repository, you check in your files and directories.
    - Comparing a version with its predecessor
      You can compare a version with its immediate predecessor to find the differences.
- HCL VersionVault Explorer - UCM tutorial
  This tutorial describes HCL VersionVault Explorer Change Management for the HCL VersionVault Explorer.

Loading resources into a VersionVault view

To access resources, you must load them into your VersionVault view.

About this task

In this lesson, you will load your tutorial VOB into your VersionVault view. The VOB must be loaded so that you can add files and directories to source control or to check them out.

To load resources into a view:

Procedure

If you are using Eclipse, open the VersionVault Explorer perspective.
Connect to the VersionVault server. In the VersionVault Navigator, select yourname_tut_view and then click the (Connect To VersionVault Server button in the toolbar. In the WAN dialog box, fill in the connection information and click OK.
Load the VOB.
1. Navigate to your tutorial VOB in the VersionVault Navigator, right-click the VOB, and click Show VersionVault View Configuration.
2. Right-click in the VersionVault View Configuration view and select Edit Configuration.
  
  Note: You can also click the Edit Configuration icon on the VersionVault View Configuration view menu bar to invoke the Edit Configuration dialog box.
3. In the Edit Configuration dialog box, navigate to your tutorial VOB in the Select resources and add or remove rules list box and click the Add button to add the tutorial VOB to the Load Rules edit box.
  
  Note: You can also type the name of the tutorial VOB directly into the Load Rules edit box.
4. Click OK in the Edit Configuration dialog box.
  
  Note: You can also load resources by clicking on the menu option list in the VersionVault Navigator, selecting Unloaded elements, Unloaded Private VOBs, or Unloaded Public VOBs, right-clicking on the unloaded resource in the VersionVault Navigator and clicking Load Resource.

Results

Your tutorial VOB is now loaded in your view and you can now edit the contents of the tutorial VOB.

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