Hi, In the past I also used Tortoise + svn to keep track of oracle forms (Forms 6). This works without problems. On the contrary, it was absolutely better than the manual versioning system we used before. Using svn we could really automatically build our next release completely from the sources, which we just didn't trust to be safe before (because of the risks involved with human file version handling).
You can compare versioning fmb's vith svn to keeping different versions on your file system, each time appending the version number to the name. With the big difference that you can't make version number mistakes and that svn manages the file handling, keeping the files in a separate, central repository (read on setting that one up in the svn manual, this is not a Tortoise matter but pure svn). On top of that Tortoisesvn keeps a fully up-to-date copy of the application source on each development pc, enabling you to use exactly the same build script to compile all sources for your application locally, that you'll use later for the release. The only feature of svn you can't compare different versions this way. But that's an Oracle Forms limitation and at the moment there's no real other solution for that, unless you buy special versioning software that understands the oracle forms developer API. (This software exists, so if you're interested you can look for it) But when using a more recent version than forms 6 you might look into saving your forms as fmt instead of fmb. That is a textual format, but I'm not 100% sure it cantains all info available in an fmb. (For Forms 6 it certainly doesn't) But if it is usable as a full fmb replacement you might be able to use svn file diff'ing and merging too. But I'll leave his experiment completely to you or your colleagues. (Good luck, and let us know if that's successful) Mark On 28 jul, 02:13, Carolina Velis wrote: > Hi, > > Im new user of tortoise software, and I have to implement a version control > of applications at the office. they are made in Oracle developer forms , and > the extension is .fmb > It is possible to use tortoise to get track of this files? how I get the last > version of my programs? as I been reading the Tortoise "help" I understood > that is for flat files, not for binary, tell me if I understood wrong. > > Thanks for your answer > > Carolina Velis > Sección de Tecnología > Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador > * Tel.(503) 2281-8025 > *Fax (503) 2281-8011 > * Email: [email address]<mailto:[email address]> > > NOTA DE CONFIDENCIALIDAD: Este mensaje electrónico y cualquier archivo > adjunto contienen información confidencial y/o propietaria que es de interés > exclusivo del Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador y de sus destinatarios. > Si usted ha recibido este correo electrónico por error, por favor notifique > inmediatamente al remitente por correo o teléfono y elimine el correo > electrónico así mismo le informamos que está estrictamente prohibido el uso, > copia o distribución total o parcial del contenido de este mensaje. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email or any attached file contains confidential > information that is of exclusive interest of Banco Central de Reserva de El > Salvador and to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient > of this email, please immediately notify the sender by mail or telephone and > liminate it likewise we inform you that it is strictly prohibited to use, > copy or distribute the total or partial content of this message. > > ------------------------------------------------------http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMess... > > To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [[email address]]. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TortoiseSVN group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/tortoisesvn?hl=en
