= Improve Usability of Stationery in Perforce=
Summary
When I create a new Express project and reference stationery in Perforce, the project keeps the read-only settings from Perforce and gives error messages. Express should always create a new project with the appropriate read/write settings for a *new* project.
Detailed Description
We keep standalone stationery in Perforce b/c this is the easiest location for local and remote workers to access. Currently, I need to check out the stationery just to create a new Express project. This makes no sense--I'm not changing the stationery--and it's bad practice. Express should create a new project and set the files that must be changed, such as the stationery.manifest, to write-access.
Currently, if I create a new project with stationery that I did NOT check out, I get the following error message: An error occurred while creating the project. The directory is not empty.
I navigate to the project directory on my machine and there is a wrp file and other folders and files.
I open the wrp file in Express and get the message that the stationery has changed--it has not.
When I syncrhonize to the stationery I get the error message: An error occurred synchronizing the project. Access to the path <project>\stationery.manifest is denied.
Use Cases
Use case is anyone using Perforce or other source control systems to keep actively used stand-alone stationery.
| Marcus Baake | I can confirm the same behaviour when using Rational ClearCase. I first have to check out (remove the read-only status) the stationery file to be able to create a new Express project. Also, when opening an Express project while the stationery is not checked out, ePublisher Express notifies me that the stationery has changed (which it did not). |
2009-03-10 03:43:35 | ||
| ZoeLawson | We also use Perforce. We have a best practice to copy the stationery from our Perforce Area to an ePP Stationery area. You can then make the copy writable. Yes, it is slightly error prone, but you do not need to check out the stationery to generate output. |
2009-06-29 15:20:55 | ||