New Release Highlights

Release 1.73 introduces significant new functionality into the Workspace Browser and makes more consistent diff and history functionality available from Developer Studio and other integrations. Key new benefits allow you to:

• Search for or select all files that match a given pattern. The requested search is applied to the items that are visible in either of the Workspace Browser file views and can be applied to either the file name or the full file path. For example, to compare all visible header files with the snapshot version, enter Ctrl-F to open the Find dialog. Next, enter the *.h pattern and press "Select All" to highlight all header files. Finally, press the Show Differences icon to open your selected difference display tool on all selected files. Before pressing "Select All," you can use the standard workspace filters to widen or narrow the scope of your visible files.
• Browse the files in a snapshot without first having to create a workspace. When browsing a snapshot that does not have an associated workspace, you will be prompted to create a new workspace. With release 1.73, you are given the new option of browsing without a workspace.
• View the content of files without having to check them out into a workspace. The default viewing tool will be invoked automatically. This feature is especially useful when browsing a snapshot without a workspace, or when viewing an old revision of a file from the new active history display.
• View an individual item history in the new Active History dialog. From the Active History dialog, you can see all change comments at a glance. You can also view individual old revision contents, change the active revision and view differences between any two revisions. In addition, you can show the standard multi-file report view for a single item. The Active History dialog is invoked when history for a single item is requested.
• Customize the columns displayed in the Workspace Browser. Column order and visibility can be customized separately for the Snapshot and Workspace Views. In addition to the previous file name, modification time and lock status columns, newly available columns include file size, revision number, Unix mode, text/binary-type setting, keyword expansion setting, and the file type description. To enable these new columns, right click on the Workspace View column header and select "Add Columns to View…" To reorder a column, drag its header to the desired position.
• Access uniform and enhanced diff and history from both the Source Code Control integration and the GUI. Holding the shift key down while invoking diff will open the diff options dialog, even from third-party tools such as Developer Studio or from any of the Workspace Browser's diff icons or buttons. Holding the shift key down while opening history on a single item will also take you directly to the options dialog and will bypass the new Active History dialog.
• Search history report and built-in difference outputs for arbitrary strings. These capabilities can be invoked by using the context menu or Ctrl+F.

See the SnapshotCM Change List for a complete list of Release 1.73 changes.