You can synchronize local copies of PowerBuilder objects with the latest versions of these objects in source control without checking them out from the source control system. The objects copied to your local computer are read-only. The newly copied PowerScript objects are then compiled into their target PBLs.
If there are exported PowerScript files in your local path that are marked read-only, and you did not select the Suppress Prompts To Overwrite Read-Only Files option, your source control system might prompt you before attempting to overwrite these files during synchronization. If you are synchronizing multiple objects at the same time, you can select:
Yes To All, to overwrite all files in your selection
No To All, to cancel the synchronization for all objects in the selection that have writable files in the local path
Synchronizing an object does not lock that object on the source control server. After you synchronize local objects to the latest version of these objects in source control, other developers can continue to perform source control operations on these objects.
If you want only to check whether the status of the objects has changed on the source control server, you can use the Refresh Status menu item from the Library painter Entry menu or System Tree pop-up menus. The Refresh Status command runs on a background thread. If you do not use the Refresh Status feature before getting the latest versions of workspace or target objects, then PowerBuilder has to obtain status and out-of-sync information from the SCC provider in real time during a GetLatestVersion call.For more information, see “Refreshing the status of objects”.
To synchronize a local object with the latest
source control version:
Right-click the object in the System Tree or in a Library painter view and select Get Latest Version from the pop-up menu.
or
Select the object in a Library painter view and select Entry>Source Control>Get Latest Version from the Library painter menu.
The Get Latest Version dialog box displays the name of the object you selected. If you selected multiple objects in the Library painter List view, the Get Latest Version dialog box lists all the objects in your selection. If you selected a workspace, the Get Latest Version dialog box lists all the objects referenced in the PBG files belonging to your workspace. You can also display a list of available objects (from the PBG files for a target) when you select the Get Latest Version menu item for a target file.
A check mark next to an object in the list assigns the object for synchronization. By default only objects that are currently out of sync are selected in this list. You can use the Select All button to select all the objects for synchronization. If all objects are selected, the button text becomes Deselect All. Its function also changes, allowing you to clear all the selections with a single click.
Make sure that the check box is selected next to the object for which you want to get the latest version, and click OK.
