Check-In Dialog

On the Admin→Preferences... dialog, you can use the Check-In Dialog tab to define the default settings for the Check-In files dialog.

The controls on this page correspond to the same controls that appear on the Check-in file dialog. Those check boxes that have three states mean "yes" (when checked), "no" (when clear), and "use the QVCS archive setting" (when in a greyed state). Setting them here will determine the default settings for the Check-in dialog controls when the Check-in dialog is displayed.

Each field has the following meaning:

Leave checked out

This corresponds to the "Leave checked out" check box in the Check-in file dialog. Enable this check box if you want the default behavior to be to leave the file you are checking in checked out. This behavior is a useful way to save snapshots of your work in progress without letting others have access to the file. If left unchecked, the default behavior will be to unlock the file following a check-in.

Protect work file

This corresponds to the "Protect work file" check box in the Check-in file dialog. Enable this check box if you want the default behavior to be to write-protect the work file after performing a check-in. If left unchecked, the default behavior will be to leave the work file read/write following a check-in operation.

Allow Return key when entering revision comments on check-in

Enabling this check box will allow you to insert line breaks in your revision comments by pressing the Enter key. If left unchecked, QVCS will recognize pressing the Enter key as clicking the OK button on the Check-in dialog and will go ahead with the check-in.

Check-in all children (projects only)

This corresponds to the "Check-in all children" check box which appears in the Check-in dialog for project-level operations. Enabling this check box will cause QVCS to check in all files in all subdirectories by default. If left unchecked, the default behavior will be to check in only the files in the specified directory.

Do not expand keywords after check-in

This corresponds to the "Do not expand keywords after check-in" check box in the Check-in file dialog. Enable this check box if you want the default behavior to be to skip the update of the work file after the check-in operation. This means that the keywords in your work file may not be accurate, but it will prevent QWin from updating the work file, so that if you use a make-like utility, you won't have to re-compile the work file since the timestamp on the work file won't get updated. If left unchecked, the default behavior will be to update the keywords in the work file following check-in.

Define the number of check-in comments to save:

This is where you define the number of recent check-in comments that QWin will save in history. On the Check-in dialog, you can use the Next and Prev buttons to cycle through the most recently used check-in comments, potentially saving you the work of re-entering a recently used check-in comment. The maximum number allowed here is 9.

The drop-down selection box also corresponds to a field on the Check-in file dialog and will set the default selection on the dialog.

User Preferences Dialog

General

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Get Dialog

Check-out Dialog

Check-In Dialog

Undo check-out

Lock Dialog

Label Dialog

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