COMPARISON

Comparison: UD6/CMtool Driver and Compuware's Uniface 8 SCCI Bridge

The Source Code Control Interface that is delivered with UNIFACE V8 relies on an import/export system that is not suitable for the implementation of Source Code Management / Configuration Management in most organisations.

Feature	UD6/CMtool Driver	U8 SCCI
Allows you to use Version Manager IDE	YES	NO
Supports CM/Tracking tools like ClearCase, and PVCS Tracker	YES	NO
Supports free SCC tools like CVS	YES	NO
Source code is secure from tampering through "back doors" (developers cannot change code that is not booked out)	YES	NO
Developers can only see mods that are committed	YES (1)	NO
Changes between versions are stored as deltas	YES (2)	Opt. (3)
Can provide complete details of 'differences' between versions (including form layout)	YES (2)	NO (4)
Compatible with all version control diff and merge options?	YES (2)	NO (5)
SCM/CM functions can be done on server (not just Windows client)	YES (2)	NO
Developers can access full set of CM tool commands, like lock, get copy, check out, check in, promote etc.	YES	NO, subset provided
Can quickly list 'checked out' components.	YES	SLOW
Supports CVS	YES	NO
Upgrade path from UVCS	YES	NO
Upgrade path from VC/Link	Opt.	NO
Detailed documentation supplied for all major SCM/CM tools	YES	NO(6)
Speed	FAST	SLOW(7)
Suitable for non-US ASCII development environments	YES	NO(8)
Supports build management	YES	NO
Administrator defined clustering preferences	YES	YES

Reports from SCCI Users:
1	We have not found the new [Uniface 8 SCCI] interface very satisfactory. There just isn't very much flexibility. It performs imports and exports [like VC-Link] and there is not the flexibility that's required in a really good solution.
2	The problem I had with SCCI bridge of UNIFACE was that there was no security. The UD6 driver solves that in a very nice and simple way. Configuration was easy enough.

Read more about Uniface Version Control

1. UD6 Overview
2. Basic Theory of Configuration Management
3. Configuration Management applied to Uniface
4. Comparison: VC-Link (PVCS-Uniface Bridge)
6. Clustering: What is stored where in UD6
7. NLS Support Overview
8. UD6 Option Pack
9. System Requirements
10 UD6 Article Links
11 Uniface 8 Migration
12 XMLGREP Search and Replace
13 UD6 Performance Optimisation
14 MAKE Build Management
15. UD6IDE: Eclipse editor for Uniface 6, 7, 8 and 9
16. theu.info - You in Uniface

Note (1) : Optionally, depending on configuration settings.

Note (2) : Optionally, provided that the SCM/CM tool of your choice supports this feature.

Note (3): Uniface must be configured to store exports as XML files.

Note (4) : The format that Uniface 8 uses to export the Form layout (paint tableau) makes it difficult to identify the changes to the location of objects "painted" on a form.

Note (5.) : UNIFACE 8 SCCI always uses the options: 'work case sensitive', 'ignore white space', 'normal diff'. Merge is not possible..

Note (6.) : Compuware's MyUniface.com sitelists only brief comments for PVCS VM and Continuus CM technical setup.

Note (7.) : Compuware's MyUniface.com sitelists says: "Button Retrieve Opens form 'Select Sources' which does a call to the SCCI to get all known files from the current project (this can take a while, depending on your SCCS), with their state. ".

Note (8.) : Non-US ASCII characters are stored as 4 digit numbers in the Uniface 8 XML files. UD6 can store these as native characters (either Unicode or non-Unicode).

Note: This comparison is based on Uniface 8.2.03 and UD6/CMtool Driver 1.03. As far as March Hare are aware, these details are true and correct for the latest versions of these products.

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