CVS Project Checkout

Checking out a project posts the project from the repository to your workspace for the first time. Thereafter, use the CVS Project Update option to keep your files synchronized with the CVS repository.

JBuilder requires you to use a project to work from, so you check out a project module from an empty project.

To check a project out from a CVS module,

  1. Select File|New Project and click Finish in the first page of the Project wizard to create an empty project to use.

  2. Select Team|Configure Version Control to configure your connection. The Team page of the Project Properties dialog box displays. Remember to include the name of the module you want to check out.

  3. Select Team|CVS Project Checkout.

  4. When you see the CVS Checkout dialog box, click OK or press Enter.

    If your connection configuration is incomplete, the CVS Repository Settings Incomplete dialog box displays instead of the CVS Checkout dialog box.

    If you see the CVS Repository Settings Incomplete dialog box, notice what it asks for and click OK. This displays the Team page of the Project Properties dialog box, where you configure your CVS connection. JBuilder automatically fills in what's missing, so note the values JBuilder has chosen.

    When you are satisfied with your settings, click OK. The CVS Checkout dialog box displays. Click OK or press Enter to approve, or click Cancel to quit the process and return to the AppBrowser.

  5. The CVS Checkout dialog box tells you when the checkout has been successfully completed. Click OK or press Enter to return to the AppBrowser and work on the newly checked out project module.

JBuilder uses .jpx project files to organize project modules. This means JBuilder may rename the project file you use to check out the module to, if it's necessary. Here's how it works:

See "Configuring CVS in JBuilder" in "Installing and Configuring CVS" to learn more about how to configure your CVS connection in JBuilder.