{"id":3272,"date":"2015-12-09T14:56:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T12:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2015-12-09T15:35:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T13:35:50","slug":"new-product-for-developers-using-clearcase-visual-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/new-product-for-developers-using-clearcase-visual-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"New Product for Developers using ClearCase &#038; Visual Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re happy to announce the official release of our Visual Annotate extension (add-on) for Visual Studio!<\/p>\n<p>This add-on tool enables you to discover critical information for each code line: when it was checked-in and by whom; which version and branch or UCM stream it was checked into; relevant labels or UCM baselines; the comments that were also placed when the file version was being checked-in, and source and target versions if this line was checked-in during a merge operation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/lp\/img\/va4vs-gif-final.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/lp\/img\/va4vs-gif-final.gif\" alt=\"Visual Annotate for ClearCase and Visual Studio\" width=\"820\" height=\"566\" style=\"border:1px solid #ccc;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Users who tried the previous beta releases reported that it is very useful in many cases, such as for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintaining old (legacy) code<\/li>\n<li>Resolving bugs more easily<\/li>\n<li>Spotting correlations between code sections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and many more.<\/p>\n<p>The add-on is seamlessly integrated with ClearCase and Visual Studio (as well as ClearQuest in some cases).<br \/>\nInstallation takes only 2 minutes!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/download.php?did=19&amp;signin\" style=\"background:#ffa500;border:1px solid #F98D1D;color:#fff;font-size:18px;padding:9px 30px;\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,102);padding:8px 10px;text-align:center\">We have special introductory prices for orders issued before <strong style=\"color:#333;\">December 31, 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>To get a quote please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:sales@almtoolbox.com\">sales@almtoolbox.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nThis add-on tool also includes a brand new feature that enables you to quickly get details of the real change, such as where this line was <em><strong>REALLY<\/strong> <\/em>changed (for the first time); by whom; when, etc.<\/p>\n<p>This feature implements a clever algorithm we have developed, which tracks the ClearCase Version Tree and determines the most efficient way to get this real version.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3273 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2015\/12\/getRealChange.png\" alt=\"Get Real Chance ClearCase\" width=\"392\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/getRealChange.png 392w, https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/getRealChange-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>This helps you to better understand your code, especially a <strong>legacy code<\/strong> that may have been made years ago.<\/p>\n<p>You can easily compare the current version with the real version and get the correlation to other code parts. 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