Maintaining Deltas

The Delta Browser, accessed from the Deltas command in the Browse menu, enables you to maintain deltas.

The following image is an example of the Delta Browser.

The Delta Browser provides a summary of delta attributes, which are displayed in a table that has the following columns.

  1. Set, with an arrow in the row indicating the currently set delta. This column is empty if no delta has been set.

  2. Delta Name, containing the delta identifier.

  3. Description, containing the delta description.

  4. Last Modified by, containing the name of the user who created or last updated the delta information.

  5. Creation Date, containing the creation timestamp of the delta.

  6. Checked-out Method Count, containing the number of checked out methods for the delta.

Right‑click in the table on the Delta Browser to display the Delta menu commands.

When you enter text in the Search for Delta Id Containing text box on the Delta Browser, pressing Enter now performs the search so that you no longer have to tab to the Search button or use the mouse to click it. If a matching delta is found, the delta is selected. If the delta is not found, a bell sound will result.

You can sort the delta table by clicking on a column in the fixed row of the table. Clicking the same column again toggles between ascending and descending sort order for the sort property. By default, the list is displayed in Delta Name ascending order. After sorting the table, the currently selected row is re‑selected. In addition, the sorting of the rows is performed only when you click a cell in a fixed row.

The count of the number of checked out methods displayed is updated when a method is checked out, unchecked out, or checked in.

To search for text in a delta

  1. Enter the text in the Search for Delta Id Containing: text box.

  2. Click the Search button.

The next delta, starting from the delta after the currently selected delta, that contains the specified text (which is case‑insensitive), is then selected.

When the end of the table entries is passed, the search wraps around and starts at the first entry. If no delta contains that text or the only delta found is the currently selected delta, the display remains unchanged.

The Delta menu, accessed from the Delta Browser, contains the commands listed in the following table.

Command Action For details, see…
Add Displays the Add Delta dialog Adding a Delta
Change Displays the Change Delta Definition dialog Changing a Delta
Close Checks in all checked out methods and deletes the selected delta Closing a Delta
View Methods Displays the Checked Out Methods Browser for the selected delta Viewing Methods Checked Out to a Delta
Check In All Checks in all methods checked out to the selected delta Checking In All Methods
Undo Check Out All Discards any changes in all checked out methods Discarding Checked Out Method Changes
Set Sets the selected delta to the current delta Setting a Delta
Unset Closes all open source windows, and unsets the selected delta Unsetting a Delta

For details, see the following subsections.