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jasonhobbs - Jul 15, 2004 - 01:10 AM
Post subject: Missing Eclipse 2.x PVCS Integration with Eclipse 3.0?

Just add the xerces plugin folders from your 2.x eclipse installation to the 3.x plugin folder, and the Merant 2.1 plugin for Eclipse will work in 3.0 without a hitch! (Although it will still be a pain in the ass to install in the first place :) )

Good luck!

support-scott - Jul 15, 2004 - 01:46 AM
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Jason,

Nice tip! Thanks for letting everyone know.

skip_hollowell - Aug 02, 2004 - 06:04 PM
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What version of PVCS are you utilizing, and who's PVCS plugin. I have seen a couple, and had luck with none of them. As I am just a contractor, I cannot convince the company to change software, so if I could find a decent plugin and get it to work for eclipse, my life would be much easier. We are currently on PVCS 7.5 here.

jasonhobbs - Aug 12, 2004 - 04:33 PM
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I'm using 7.5 here with a tweaked version of Merant's plugin.

Now, when I say 'tweaked', I mean, "made to work" since it doesn't out of the box. In fact, it's just plain wrong out of the box.

Two patches are required for the PVCS plugin to work with eclipse.

This should set you on the right path:

Install PVCS 7.5, adding the eclipse integration. When it asks for an eclipse location, don't bother since it won't recognize 3.x as a working installation. Just continue.

Patch PVCS to 7.5.1.5 - Download available from Merant's site

Patch PVCS to 7.5.2.7 - This includes Eclipse 2.1 functionality.

Now go into:
{PVCS Install Folder}\VM\devint\eclipse2.1

the layout of this folder is incorrect OOTB. It SHOULD be:

Code:

eclipse2.1
eclipse
features
com.merant.team.pvcs_2.0.9
plugins
com.merant.team.pvcs.docs_2.0.9
com.merant.team.pvcs_2.0.9

...essentially the folders which should be underneath 'plugins' are not, they need to be moved under there.

Then in you eclipse install folder, in the links folder

create a file called com.merant.team.pvcs.link
containing:

path=C:\\Program Files\\PVCS\\vm\\devint\\eclipse2.1

(obviously correct any path here you might have used differently)

Copy the org.apache.xerces_4.0.13 plugin folder from eclipse 2.1 to your eclipse 3 plugins folder

and then you should be good to go.

Sorry I have to run to a meeting, feel free to shoot me an IM or email if you need more. I'll update this thread with any corrections.

Hopefully this helped some folks out.

Jase

skip_hollowell - Oct 05, 2004 - 09:48 PM
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Jason.

So far so good. Finally got the build manager here to get me the updated version of VM, and I followed your steps below. But when I try to access VM or any of the Team features from inside Eclipse, I get an error SCC_E_INITIALIZEFAILED No real help there, but I thought it mean something to you.

Skip.

jasonhobbs - Oct 06, 2004 - 04:50 PM
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skip_hollowell wrote:

After simply starting eclipse, Do you have a "Merant" option in the main toolbar?

This is usually the best indicator that the plugin is started correctly right off the bat.

If that's not there, the best starting point to figure out what's wrong would be to go to HELP | SOFTWARE UPDATES | MANAGE CONFIGURATION in the eclipse menu and examining the Merant Plugin. Sometimes this is a good place to find the source of the error. If you don't get any joy there (sometimes it's as nice a message as "file not found in C:\blah" but sometimes not) then take a look in the log file in your workspace. You'll find that in

{workspace folder}\.metadata\.log

....Let me know how it goes.

skip_hollowell - Oct 06, 2004 - 05:03 PM
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Jason,

Thanks for the reply. Yep, I get the Merant menu item, and using that is when I received the SCC_E_INITIALIZEFAILED message. But this morning I had to hard reboot the machine for another reason, and when I went into eclipse this morning, the error was gone, and I was able to access Team Provider. I can't read any of the project names, as they are all .prj file names, and not the poject names I set up in the VM Web Client Applet, but at least it is a start. I have the project directories shared on my solaris Box and map a drive to them on my NT box where I run eclipse.

If you know of any other pointers, they would be greatly appreciated, but I thank you immenselt for getting me on the right track.

Skip Hollowell

skip_hollowell - Oct 06, 2004 - 05:04 PM
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And thanks a million for helping me find that log file. I kept looking in the project workspace, and not the default workspace of eclipse. Makes all the difference.

jasonhobbs - Oct 06, 2004 - 06:11 PM
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Frequently I've found that non-eclipse instances of PVCS get hung up and prevent the plugin from working, that may have been your issue. If this happens again try closing down eclipse, opening your task manager and looking for a process called "PCLIOutProc.exe". If it's there, kill it and try re-opening Eclipse again.

I can help you get PVCS working in Eclipse, however I can't help PVCS from sucking so bad. :)

It's a rough road so stick with it :)

lcbj - Oct 14, 2004 - 09:42 PM
Post subject: Missing Eclipse 2.x PVCS Integration with Eclipse 3.0?

where can i donwload the latest pvcs plug-in?
i have the vm 8.0 and eclipse 2.1 and/or 3.0
i´ve download this one http://downloads.merant.com/files/pvcs/VM68SP1.zip
but it didnt recognize my vm 8 instalation

jasonhobbs - Oct 15, 2004 - 12:09 AM
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The PVCS plugin comes with VM. When installing VM do a custom install and install the developer toolkit with IDE integration, or whatever they're calling it these days. I noticed on the Merant website though it says it only works with Eclipse 2.0 or 2.1 so you'll probably have to jump through the same hoops that are document above.

Good luck!!

jtnq - Oct 20, 2004 - 12:31 AM
Post subject: Update on PVCS support in Eclipse

Hi, do you know if now PVCS supports the Eclipse 3.0 or not? Also, do you know if there is a plug in for PVCS Tracker?

THank you
James

jasonhobbs - Oct 20, 2004 - 03:41 AM
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7.5 and up seem to work OK with Eclipse 3 after performing the above steps. I don't know much about Tracker, but the PVCS plugin does have some additional functionality other than just version control. I believe it has some sort of 'watcher' (if that's what tracker is) where it'll watch a repository for changes etc...

allanws - Oct 27, 2004 - 12:54 AM
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jasonhobbs wrote:

Does anybody know how I set "default upload rules" ? When I try to add some item to Dimensions the following message comes up to Merant console:

Could not locate default upload rules.
Run IDE Setup and load the default rules.
Error: Invalid Rule Base

Tks in advance

Allan

luisgois - Jan 31, 2005 - 07:56 PM
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Hello. Do you know if the VM plugin is the same used by Serena Dimensions 8 (8.0.41) ?

Thanks.
Best regards,
Luis

jadeblue - Feb 03, 2005 - 06:03 PM
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I finally managed to install PVCS plugin. Thanks to all the directions jasonhobbs has posted, but now I am getting, SCC_E_INITIALIZEFAILED error message when I try to run VM from the Merant Menu. Does any one have a clue how to fix this?

luisgois - Feb 03, 2005 - 07:14 PM
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allanws wrote:

jasonhobbs wrote:

Hello, Allan.

You'll have to do exactly what the message says : load default upload rules, where some of them are related to eclipse (%.java, %.xml ... and not much more). See your Dimensions documentation on how to upload default rules (I think it's in the same manual where you can find details on all the IDEs supported).

Best regards,
Luis

luisgois - Feb 03, 2005 - 07:16 PM
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jadeblue wrote:

If using WSAD integration with Dimensions, I've found that using Eclipse 3M2 one can experience irregular behaviour (at least a different behaviour from that found with Eclipse 2.1).

Best regards,
Luis

shivani - Feb 18, 2005 - 06:08 AM
Post subject: PVCS VM 7.5 vs 8.0

hi,

i want to compare the VM 7.5 vs 8.0, and i'm new to VM 7.5 as well (was using clearcase previously)...
could anyone help me in what all features are new and improved in VM 8.0 ?

we are corrently using VM7.5.1.0 and are planning to upgrade to 8.0, now i've to evaluate 8.0 against 7.5 ... what all scenarios are there to be compared b/w the two of these ?
we would also be going for eclipse very shortly for few projects on java

thnx in advance
-shivani

jasonhobbs - Jun 14, 2005 - 11:47 PM
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7.5.1.0 -> 7.5.1.5 patch:
http://sos.serena.com/kb/articles/version%20manager/kb70206.asp

7.5.1.5 to 7.5.2.7 patch:
http://sos.serena.com/kb/articles/version%20manager/kb70565.asp

...Hope that helps some people who are not finding the patches.

Happy_Shrimper - Mar 01, 2006 - 04:03 PM
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Hi,
Thanks for the useful info regarding Eclipse 3.1.x and PVCS integration.
I followed the steps and hit the SCC_E_INITIALIZEFAILED error.
It turned out that PVCS Source Control connectivity was disabled.
To enable it, under Start -> Programs -> PVCS VM Development Interface -> Select PVCS Provider, ensure that PVCS Source Control option is selected. Mine was by default Set to disable source control.
restart Eclipse, error gone and all is rosy!
Hope this helps anyone who stumbles across this thread as I did!

thanh.oracle@gmail.com - Mar 04, 2006 - 07:53 AM
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Does anyone have patch for upgrade
PVCS Version Manager in Windows from 7.5.1.0 -> 7.5.1.5 patch
7.5.1.5 to 7.5.2.7 patch

I cannot find the patch and I need it for using Eclipse 2.1 plugin for PVCS VM 7.5.1

Your help is highly appriciate!!!

debopamg - Nov 23, 2006 - 06:08 AM
Post subject: PVCS plugin for eclipse

Hi All,
Can someone tell me where I can find the PVCS plugin for eclipse 3.2. I already have Version Manager 6.7.00 installed in my machine.

Thanks & Best Regards,
Debopam.

support-scott - Nov 23, 2006 - 02:42 PM
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Debopam,

I looked around and only found such a thing on the Serena site here: http://www.serena.com/US/products/pvcs/pvcs-version-manager.aspx

If you're already a Serena customer, which you appear to be since you have Version Manager 6.7 installed, I'd suggest the easiest way to get what you want is to contact Serena directly.

thanh.oracle@gmail.com - Nov 23, 2006 - 04:00 PM
Post subject: Missing Eclipse 2.x PVCS Integration with Eclipse 3.0?

Hi,

You can using PVCS VM 7.5 for integration with Eclipse 3.0 by :

In you eclipse install folder, in the links folder

create a file called com.merant.team.pvcs.link
containing:

path=C:\\Program Files\\PVCS\\vm\\devint\\eclipse2.1

(obviously correct any path here you might have used differently)

Copy the org.apache.xerces_4.0.13 plugin folder from eclipse 2.1 to your eclipse 3 plugins folder

And You will see the PVCS menu in Eclipse 3.0

SachinMalvi - Apr 25, 2012 - 10:21 AM
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a) Please run the following utility: Windows â€œStartâ€ menu | All Programs | Serena | Dimensions CM 10.1.2 | Administration Tools | SCC Diagnostics
o From â€œDimensions SCC Diagnosticsâ€ dialog, select control button â€œTestâ€

You should see a response similar too:

Testing....
OK: Found SCCServerName value is Dimensions SCC
OK: Found SCCServerPath value is C:\Program Files\Serena\Dimensions 10.1\CM\prog\sccpcms.dll
Serena Dimensions CM SCC Interface is OK

b) If you donâ€™t see this response, copy results to an email. You can also continue analyzing the setup by starting â€œRegeditâ€ from a â€œCommand Promptâ€:
o Look for the registry value string for subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SourceCodeControlProvider\ProviderRegKey
The value should be: SOFTWARE\Serena\Dimensions\10.1\PcmsScc
o Look for the registry value string for subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Serena\Dimensions\10.1\PcmsScc\SCCServerName
The value should be: Dimensions SCC
o Look for the registry value string for subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Serena\Dimensions\10.1\PcmsScc\ SCCServerPath
The value should be: C:\Program Files\Serena\Dimensions 10.1\CM\prog\sccpcms.dll

After this restart IDE & your problem will be solved.

support-swapna - Apr 26, 2012 - 06:41 AM
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SachinMalvi,

Thank you for posting it. It will surely help other users.