Connecting to an archive in PVCS Dimensions

You must connect to an archive before you can work on a project.

Procedure

  1. Open the Configuration Items window. Choose File > Configuration Items.
  2. Click the Connect to Archive button. IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® searches for the PVCS Dimensions DLL (specified by the SourceCodeControlProvider registry key).
    • If it finds the DLL, Rational Rhapsody launches PVCS Dimensions to perform the Connect to Archive operation.
    • If it does not find the DLL, the configuration management tool might not be registered properly in the Windows registry. See Unable to connect to SCC-Compliant configuration management tool (SCC mode) for troubleshooting information.
    • You can see whether the specific version of the tool you are using is SCC‑compliant. Some tools that are SCC‑compliant in one version are not compliant in earlier versions (for example, version 5.0 versus 6.0).
  3. If the PVCS Dimensions DLL is found, the PVCS Dimensions Remote Login window opens.
  4. Type your user password in the Password field, then click the Connect button to open the Select Workset Directory for Project window.
  5. Click OK. The PVCS Dimensions connects the project to the archive and confirms completion of the Connect operation.
  6. Click OK.

Results

An effect of the Connect to Archive operation is that Rational Rhapsody stores project information in both the ConfigurationManagement::SCC::ProjName and ConfigurationManagement::SCC::AuxProjPath properties, so the project is automatically connected to the same archive the next time you open it. You do not need to modify these properties manually, unless you want to connect the project to a different archive.


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