Carey, I'll go you one better... Allow the BMC/Remedy ARS Eclipse plug-in to work with the TortoiseSVN plug-in to Eclipse. AR Definition files are Plain-Text, as are AR XML Definition files, so it should not be too hard to tie it in...
NOTE: I'm not a developer, but have been looking at Eclipse and SVN as tools to provide to my C developers. I mainly just "baby-sit" the ARS System Adam -----Original Message----- From: Carey Matthew Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:45 AM Subject: Enhancement Idea - Creating open sourced ARS IDE I have actually thought about the idea of an "open sourced ARS IDE". Sure there are some headaches with the idea. But here is what I was thinking. :) Something like ARSDocs, but with some basic edit options too. :) Start with Eclipse and the ARS Java API. Build an Eclipse Plugin that allows you to: Connect to an ARS server (as an admin only please) List objects In ways that describe the relationships of the objects. Think a tree object like the "by prefix" does in the Admin tool, but more... much more... Create/edit simple objects (Filters, Active link, menus...etc... Forms are a lot more difficult than the rest of these objects. ;) I really think that much of an open sourced tool to AUGMENT (not replace) Admin tool features could help BMC see what we need to do better development in ARS. I have kicked the tires a bit and I do not yet see anything that would prevent this from being possible with enough community support. So I put the question to you (ARSList).... Who wants it enough to kick in some Java development time to get this party started? -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org
