WizSource and PowerBuilder Source Control By Victor Reinhart 7/14/2011

Topics Why WizSource? WizSource Install WizSource Setup User Setup User Guide

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

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

WizSource Calls a 3 rd -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

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

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Thank You Sincerely, Victor Reinhart, President, OCPBUG