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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Version and Release Management Overview</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Version and Release Management</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Package VRC</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Package Combination</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection ID=""><SectionTitle>Introduction</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph class="Default">Because software is always changing in nature, you must manage different versions of packages, their corresponding releases, and all the various customizations on the standard software.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">
                              Infor Enterprise Server offers a comprehensive solution with the version and release management concept.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Advantages of the version and release concept are:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>A flexible development environment.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Flexible management of: <List><ListItem>New versions of the software.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Patches on the software.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Customizations on the software.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Localizations for the software.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Developers can create and test the customizations on the standard software in a separate development environment.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Operational users will not see new or customized software components until they are fully tested and released in their own run-time environment.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>Version and release management uses the following concepts</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000013" role="glossary">package VRC</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000012" role="glossary">package combination</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Procedures</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>The following procedures are used in Version and Release management:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The standard software environment procedure</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The one-step software environment procedure</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The copy software components procedure</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The export/import procedure</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The purge procedure</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph class="Default">Refer to the <DocRef>Infor Enterprise Server 8.5 - Administrator`s Guide (U8854 US)</DocRef> for detailed information on these procedures.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Sessions</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>The following sessions are used in Version and Release management:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv1511m000" role="session">Package VRCs (ttadv1511m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv1111s000" role="session">Package VRCs (ttadv1111s000)</Link> (details session)</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv1115m000" role="session">Directories of Software Components (ttadv1115m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad1520m000" role="session">Package Combinations (ttaad1520m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad1120s000" role="session">Package Combinations (ttaad1120s000)</Link> (details session)</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad1121m000" role="session">Packages by Package Combination (ttaad1121m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad1101m000" role="session">Change Package Combination by Company (ttaad1101m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad2200m000" role="session">Change Package Combinations for Users (ttaad2200m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad1222m000" role="session">Create New Package Combination / VRCs (One Step) (ttaad1222m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad1223s000" role="session">Specify VRC Codes to Create (ttaad1223s000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv6265m000" role="session">Copy Software Components to New Package VRC (ttadv6265m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv2230m000" role="session">Compile Program Scripts / Libraries (ttadv2230m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv3240m000" role="session">Compile Reports (ttadv3240m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv5210m000" role="session">Create Runtime Data Dictionary (ttadv5210m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv5214m000" role="session">Create Runtime Data Dictionary (Forms and Menus) (ttadv5214m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv6255m000" role="session">Purge Entire Package VRC (ttadv6255m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/iex/ttiex1280m000" role="session">Export Data Dictionary (ttiex1280m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/iex/ttiex1285m000" role="session">Import Data Dictionary (ttiex1285m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv1243m000" role="session">Compile Labels (ttadv1243m000)</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                              Related topics
                           </SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><DocRef>Infor Enterprise Server 8.5 - Administrator`s Guide (U8854 US)</DocRef>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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