| # To develop software components You develop software components using a variety of tools within Development Tools. To develop these components you use a common procedure to identify, establish version control for, check-out, change, compile and execute components in your development activities. Components are VRC Controlled. Since you are not able to change standard components, you can either Create a new component. Copy components to a VRC and make changes to the copy, not to the original component. Copy a Component to a new Component. Note When SCM is active, you must check out a component before you can change it. You must check in the component when it is finished. For details, refer to To use the Software Configuration Management system (SCM) and to To use the SCM check-in and check-out procedure. Create new component To create a new component, insert a record in the component development session. For example: to create a new session, insert a new record in the Sessions (ttadv2500m000) session. Copy component to make changes To copy a component to make changes, you copy the component to a Current Package VRC. You keep the component code in this process. To copy a component to a Current Package VRC: Start a component editing session. On the appropriate menu, select Change Current Package VRC of User. Ensure your current Package VRC is set to the correct Package and VRC. Select the component you wish to copy from. On the appropriate menu, select Copy to Current P-VRC. The component is in your current Package VRC and can be edited. Alternatively, you can copy components in bulk from one Package VRC to another. You can use the Copy Software Components to New Package VRC (ttadv6265m000) session to copy components from one Package VRC to another. Copy component to new component There are instances in the development process when you wish to re-use a component in creating a new component. To copy an existing component to a new component: Start a component development session. Use the Duplicate command to duplicate the component. Specify a new component code. The new component is in your current Package VRC. Related topics Development process |