When you delete an element that has references in read‑only
files, those references cannot be updated accordingly on the disk
because the files are read-only files. These references become unresolved
when the model is reloaded. In order to resolve this situation, read‑only
files that contain references to elements that you are deleting is
made writable before you perform the delete operation.
About this task
IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® automatically
opens the References in Read‑Only Files Encountered window when it
detects that an attempt to delete an element might cause unresolved
references. When you delete an element (for example, through the Rational Rhapsody browser
or a graphic editor) that has references in read-only files, the References
in Read‑Only Files Encountered window opens with a list of read-only
files that contains references to the deleted element.
The following options are available to you on this
window:
- Check out the selected and continue. Use
only if you have a configuration management tool set.
Note: This option might fail if the unit you are trying to
check out is not already checked in.
Note: This
option is unavailable in the
Rational Rhapsody Platform
Integration.
- Make the selected files read/write and continue
- Ignore the references in read‑only files and
continue. Using this option means that unresolved references might
be created when the model is reloaded.