Viewing messages in the Output window

IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® captures messages generated by the configuration management tool and displays them in the configuration management output window. It is important to observe messages from the configuration management tool because the commands sometimes fail. For example, if you try to check out a unit with a lock when the unit is already locked, the operation will fail.

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To view the configuration management output window, click the Configuration Management tab on the Output window in Rational Rhapsody.

The messages reported in response to configuration management operations, whether in the Output window or a special message box, are always from the configuration management tool. Error conditions must be corrected before you can proceed with any further configuration management operations.

To see all messages received by Rational Rhapsody from the configuration management tool during the session, scroll up or down using the scroll bar on the Output window.

To clear the output window of all configuration management messages, right‑click in the window and select Clear.

The following properties control the appearance of text used to separate configuration management output messages in the configuration management output window:

To see the definition for an individual property, open the Features window and select the property on the Properties tab. The box at the bottom portion of the Properties tab shows the definition for the property selected in the upper left column of the tab.


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