How to Propagate Workspace Changes to Another PC:

When a PowerBuilder Workspace has changed, for example a new PBL is added to an application’s library list, the change can be propagated to other PCs using PowerVCS and PowerGen and the following steps.

1. Update Files in the PowerVCS Repository

Three files should be updated when a Workspace changes. The PowerGen project file and Object List File (OLF) can be checked out of PowerVCS, the modifications made, and then checked back in. In PowerBuilder you’ll check out the Target that will be modified, make the changes and then check it back in.

2. Get the Files from PowerVCS on the PC to be Updated

Follow the same steps as in the previous section on Replicating a Workspace on a New PC. You will be retrieving files that haven’t changed but the PowerGen Synchronize operation will only update files that have changed.

3. Synchronize the Application on the PC to be Updated

Follow the same steps as in the previous section on Replicating a Workspace on a NewPC.
Remember that these two steps can be scripted with the PowerVCS and PowerGen command line interfaces, respectively, so could be easily performed as a scheduled unattended task.

4. Open the Workspace in PowerBuilder

All of the changes will be reflected in the PowerBuilder Workspace.