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WizSource and PowerBuilder. Source Control By Victor Reinhart 7/14/2011. Topics. Why WizSource? WizSource Install WizSource Setup User Setup User Guide. Why WizSource?. Why WizSource?. Safe, Relational DB Back-End Non-Proprietary, SCC Interface Designed for PowerBuilder Easy to Use - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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WizSource and PowerBuilder

Source Control

By Victor Reinhart

7/14/2011

Topics

• Why WizSource?

• WizSource Install

• WizSource Setup

• User Setup

• User Guide

Why WizSource?

Why WizSource?

• Safe, Relational DB Back-End

• Non-Proprietary, SCC Interface

• Designed for PowerBuilder

• Easy to Use

• Supported Product (Unlike VSS)

• FAST – FAST – FAST!

• Reasonable Price - $65/User

• Bonus Utilities, such as Batch GLV

WizSource Install

WizSource Install

• Choose a Database to hold your Source Code

• In this example, we picked SQL Server

• Run the WizSource Admin

WizSource Setup

Log On the First Time

• Use WizSource Logon

Enter Connection Info

• The UserID and Password must Match values from WizSource Admin or the Install

• All PB sessions will use this info to connect

WizSource Admin

• From TopWiz Menu

Create Users• Create Users in WizSource• Inactive Users Require a License, Too

Create Projects• Create a Project in WizSource for each

Workspace in PowerBuilder

Applications are Optional• We will skip creating Applications• They are not needed unless you use Labels

User Setup

Do this for each User

Log On the First Time

• Use WizSource Logon

Enter Connection Info

• The UserID and Password must Match values from WizSource Admin

• All PB sessions will use this info to connect

PowerBuilder Linkage• Right-Click on the Workspace, Properties

PowerBuilder Linkage• Source Control System: WizSource• Click the Project button, and pick one

User Guide

Check-Out• Right-Click, Check Out

Check-Out• Comment is Optional

Checked-Out• See the Checkmark

Show Differences

Show Differences

• WizSource Calls a 3rd-Party Diff Pgm

• This is SourceGear DiffMerge

• I wonder about PBDelta? Maybe it is best.

Show History

Show History, Summary

Show History, Transactions

Show History, Get Version

SCC Properties

Version Number• WizSource Shows Version No in Library

Painter (VSS Does Not)

Get Latest Version

Get Latest Version

• It took 1 min to see this screen in WizSource: (from over 5,000 objects)

• Then it finished in 6 seconds.• 20 times faster than VSS!

WizSource Tables

• WizSource Tables are Beautiful

• Simple, Elegant Table Design

• Easy to Understand

• Easy to Use for Reporting

• Full Source is GZipped for Each Version

WizSource Tables

Issues

• We are working an issue on PB 11.5 Crashing sometimes with WizSource

More Information

• http://www.topwizprogramming.com

Thank You

• Sincerely,

• Victor Reinhart, President, OCPBUG

www.ocpbug.com

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