Setting Working Paths

The working path of a folder is the default directory that the files contained in that folder will be checked out or refreshed to. By default, all folders will take on the working path of the files when they were initially added to Team Coherence.

It is important to note at this point that the working path for each folder is dependent on the currently selected View. Views will be discussed in a later section.

Individual users have the option of specifying different folders to use as the default. To change the default working path for a folder, select the required folder, right-click and select Properties. The Folder Properties dialog will be displayed:

In this dialog, Default is the default path that all users will use if they don't specify another one. It is defined centrally and, if modified, will affect all users who have not specified a User path. You will only be able to change this value if you have the correct privileges.

If you enter a new path in the User edit box, that path will be used as the default path for all actions on the files contained in this folder. Changing this path affects only the current user.

It is also possible to include Environment Variables in either the Default or User paths. To use an environment variable, enclose it with percentage (%) characters. For example: %MSDevDir%\Projects\Team Coherence. When the path is referenced, the environment variable(s) will be expanded.

You can specify several User Defined paths for the same folder by using the Views feature. Views will be discussed later in this manual.

See also: Scenario 2