Managing the CCRC WAN server connection from Visual Studio
You can connect to and disconnect from the CCRC WAN
server from the Visual Studio IDE.
Before you begin
About this task
In the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE views where the ClearCase menus are available, you can connect and
disconnect the CCRC WAN
server from:
- The Connect option on the ClearCase menu
- The ClearCase - Web toolbar
- The pop-up menu of the web views that are listed in
- The pop-up menu of the solutions that are listed under the
- The pop-up menu of the File and Project, Solution actions that are listed in Solution Explorer.
Note: When the CCRC WAN
server is disconnected, ClearCase operations that depend on a server connection
are not available on the ClearCase menus in
Visual Studio. For example, the Check In and Check Out
options are not shown on the ClearCase menus in
Visual Studio when the server is disconnected.
Procedure
To enable the ClearCase - Web toolbar in Visual Studio:
- Use the Visual Studio action to manage the Visual Studio toolbars.
- Add the command to show the ClearCase - Web toolbar.
To connect to the CCRC WAN server:
- From the ClearCase - Web toolbar in the Visual Studio IDE, click Connect.
- Specify the credentials to log in to the server. You can edit the server URL to connect to any available CCRC WAN server.
To disconnect from the CCRC WAN server:
- On the ClearCase - Web toolbar, click Disconnect.
- Select the servers that you want to disconnect. (To disable the confirmation prompt, remove the selection for the Always prompt before disconnecting option.)