ClearCase and Visual Studio . NET - how to unlink them?

Question

Hi,

I'm working with VS.NET and ClearCase. They are linked.

Since I'm working on a laptop with snapshot views, sometimes I have to work while I'm disconnected from network and ClearCase. When it happens, my working environment is just stuck, since it's looking for connection to ClearCase. It seems that I have to unlink this CC-VS.NET connection before I'm getting offline.

How to unlink them when I have to work offline?

Thanks

Answer 1

File/Source Control/Change Source Control (http://alinconstantin.members.winisp.net/webdocs/scc/Bindings.htm)

Answer 2

You have to look for some tags inside the .proj file and remove them manually.

For a start look here :

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/160495/how-to-remove-tfs-source-control-bindings-for-a-solution-from-the-command-line

and

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t101643-how-do-i-remove-an-asp-net-solution-from-a-non-existent-sourcesafe-binding.html

Answer 3

Thank you for the quick response.

How did you find out my question so quickly? Is there any automatic alert in this site?

Thanks

Answer 4

You can also try, without modifying any VS.NET settings, to:

• work in a snapshot view (it can support offline modifications, you just need to make the file writable at the OS level)
• cancel any ClearCase services (Start/Settings/Control Panel/ClearCase, tab Services)
  Hopefully, that will avoid VS.NET getting stuck trying to get hold of the central VOB server, since the albd service in charge of making that request would be off.