John, Starting with 7.5 (I think it was), Remedy included a Version Control capability that the system can automatically make a backup def of all code as it's modified. So it keeps versions of specific code and such....the problem is this. The export of this information is in Def format. I cannot say 'show me the diff between v2 and v7 of an object. This is specifically because the def is a proprietary encoded format. Even if it was exported to XML Def it wouldn't be extremely useful because of the nature of the XML. If it was exported as a 'script', then I would easily be able to see the differences between versions and be able to merge different branches of effort a bit easier than I currently can.
-----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Baker Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Overlay and Applications Guillaume I do take onboard your points but I have to disagree: AR System provides no version control. If you believe it does, please tell me how I revert a form to its state at any point in time since AR System was installed, and no, taking hourly backups of my database isn't a useful step forward. I don't feel the 4/5/6GL discussion is relevant to my post (and it's not something I really recognise now-a-days). I'm talking about how to improve the platform, not the way in which it's used. And many problems in IT are not simply solved by some sticky tape, or a new cache, but a serious change in thinking. That's evident in MId Tier 6.3, and if the concept was pushed back to the AR System server level, the entire platform would benefit. I appreciate change is never easy, but as other posters have pointed out, there's a lot of attraction to having an easy to use platform that can also happily compete with other platforms. I've self-taught myself to write in a number of languages (yet I speak just one), and I don't see why AR System developers should be placed into a box and told they can only use the admin tool with limited functionality, no version control or useful development tools, or find a Java compiler and use another product. There's a lot of middle ground between those two poles. John ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
