Opening a Change Package in a View Compare/Merge Session

This procedure assumes you have already saved one or more change packages that will be visible in Change Perspective of the target view in which it resides.

To open a change package from the Change Perspective in a View Compare/Merge session, do the following:

1. In the StarTeam Cross-Platform Client, open the target view of the change package.
2. On the right side of the toolbar, click the Show Change Perspective icon to switch to the Change Perspective.
3. Select the change package.

4. Do one of the following:

   If selected change package is new and uncommitted	Click Change Package > Open (in VCM) to reopen the change package as an active View Compare/Merge session. Once a change package is opened in View Compare/Merge, you can view and modify it, and either save it again for more work later on, or commit it.
   If the selected change package is committed	Choose Change Package > Open as Read Only (in VCM). Once the session is opened in View Compare/Merge, you can view it, but you can not make any changes.

   Note: Alternatively you can double-click a change package and it will open in a View Compare/Merge session. If it is committed, it will automatically open as read-only. The menu items for opening a change package in a View Compare/Merge session are also on the context menu of the selected change package.