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I'm new to Powergen. I'm trying to set up a bat file that will do the synchronization and then the build.
When I run the bat file and check out the generated executable, I notice that changes that have been checked into version control, are not being included. I would expect the synchronization feture to bring in all the latest changes. Am I wrong?
We are currently using Perforce for version control and I'm developing in PB10. The following is in the bat file:
c:
cd tps\dev\source
rem Syncronize Pbls
Start /Wait PwrGn10 /K=c:\tps\dev\source\tps_dev.gen /PBG
rem build the app
Start /Wait PwrGn10 /A=c:\tps\dev\source\tps_dev.gen
Hi Mark,
PowerGen needs the source files to be available in the file system; i.e., it will not access them directly from Perforce.
Use Perforce's command line to 'Get' the objects from Perforce and place them in the file system. Then run PowerGen's Synchronize.
We have avoided accessing the objects directly, because of limitations and performance problems with the SCC-API. (The interface is also highly idiosyncratic to each vendor.) Relying the command line functions of the different source control systems has proven to be the best approach.
Regards,
Phil
This leaves me a little fuzzy as to the point of doing a synchronization. I have a machine dedicated to doing builds. So, If I use the Perforce command lines to get the latest version of the pbls in the application, why do I need to synchronize?
Is this feature used to synchronize a set of build pbls with a set of working pbls?
Thanks,
Mark
Mark,
The point of the Syncrhonize is to update a set of (build) PBLs with the latest object 'source' in Perforce. In other words the assumption is that you are using Perforce to control objects, not PBLs. And when you want to perform a build you need to integrate the changed objects into the build PBLs.
There is no reason to have the PBLs in Perforce; there are some good reasons not to.
Let me know if I canhelp further.
Phil
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