Attribute Type Browser

Use the Attribute Type Browser to create or modify attribute type objects. As with other HCL VersionVault objects, you must create the type object before you can create an instance.

The browser lists names and states of attribute type objects in the VOB that is selected in the File Browser. It supports the following menus:

Directory selector

Use the directory selector under the menu icons to list type objects in a different VOB. The directory selector displays the VOB tags of the VOBs mounted on your host. To display type objects in a different VOB, click the arrow next to the directory selector and click a VOB tag.

File menu

The File menu contains the following commands that control the graphical user interface.

Force on this browser
Updates HCL VersionVault information on this browser only.
Update browsers
Updates HCL VersionVault information on all browser displays. By default, all browsers are updated after each File Browser command runs, and when you remain inactive for 15 seconds.
New file browser
Starts another File Browser in a new window.
Close window
Closes current browser window.

Type menu

This menu contains commands for managing type objects in the VOB that you select.

Create
Creates an attribute type object for future use in the current VOB.
Create (multiple VOBs)
Creates an attribute type object for future use in the VOBs that you specify.
Rename
Assigns a new name to the selected attribute type object and to all instances of the type object throughout the VOB. If the object is global, all local copies of the type object are assigned the new name.
Revise creation comment
Changes the comment string in the event record for the creation of the selected attribute type objects.
Describe
Displays the property window for the selected attribute type objects.
Destroy type
Removes the selected attribute type objects from the VOB if no instances of the types exist in the VOB.
Destroy attributes and type
First, removes all instances of the selected attribute type objects from the VOB and then removes the type objects from the VOB.

Locks menu

Obsolete
Creates a lock on the selected type objects for all users and makes the type objects obsolete.
Unlock
Removes an existing lock from the selected type objects.
Show lock
Lists the lock-related information for the selected type objects.