VC/m 2.2 Release Notes


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What's new?
Release 2.2 contains a number of bug fixes in various areas.  It also includes the following new functionality:

1.      Browser Interface – Change Request View
The browser interface now supports a Change Request view of each location.  Any Change Request that has Objects in a location will be displayed by this view.  The status of the Change Request will reflect the state of the Objects within that location.   For example, if one or more Objects are checked-out then the Change Request will be shown as Checked-out.

2.      Microsoft Word Interface
Check-out, check-in and transfer functions can now be performed directly for Word documents using an add-in for Microsoft Word.  A generic API allows any extensible client-side tool (eg Visual Basic, Delphi, Excel, Front Page) to be integrated with VC/m.  This release contains an add-in for Microsoft Word that implements this API.

3.      Browser Interface – Select by Status
An additional filter has been implemented that allows Objects, Components and Change Requests to be selected by their status (Checked-out, Registered, Unregistered) in addition to being selected using wildcards and ranges.

4.      Component Date/Time Stamps
The modification date/time stamp on components can now be preserved when components are transferred by VC/m.  This applies to Binary and Text components across operating systems which improves manageability in hybrid environments and facilitates enterprise wide configuration management and control. 

For Binary and Text components it is necessary to install Perl and to make the following configuration changes:
>s ^%vcvc(“perlCommand”)="c:\program files\perl\perl.exe" ; where this is the path to the perl interpreter
>s ^%vcvc(“programFiles”)="c:\program files\george james software\vcm" ; where this is the path to the VC/m installation location
 

5.      Port to M21 on UNIX
VC/m 2.2 now runs with M21 on UNIX platforms.


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