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Once an object has been checked-out for development, there are a whole range of editing tools which may be used. VC/m provides a variety of ways to interface with these.

At the simplest level, an interface to VC/m only has two requirements:

Firstly, a check must be made that the copy of the component which is being edited is the master copy, i.e. that it is checked out to the location.

Secondly, the date /time stamp must be updated when the component is saved. VC/m keeps a record of the last changed date /time stamp for every object. When any change to a component is saved, VC/m needs to be informed of this.

Interfaces are available from various common development products. Additionally, a number of function calls are provided which allow users to create an individual editor interface which is suited to their needs.