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.
Note: Each change package is saved in the target view.
To open a change package from the Change Perspective in a View Compare/Merge session, do the following:
- In the StarTeam Cross-Platform Client, open the target view of the change package.
- On the right side of the toolbar, click the Show Change Perspective icon to switch to the Change Perspective.
- Select the change package.
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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.