The Seapine View

A few months back (has it been over a  year already?), I posted a sample tool to search file contents in Surround SCM. Since that time, we have made two important additions to Surround SCM that I felt warranted a fresh approach to this tool.

I have re-written this tool with two major differences:

• I used the Surround SCM API instead of the CLI.
• The tool is designed to be launched by a custom menu in the Surround SCM client, giving you a more native feel.

There are other minor enhancements as well:

• Choose whether to do a case sensitive search or not.
• Choose whether to search recursively or not.
• Choose whether to save your password or not (in plain text).

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I was recently on-site with a customer. Aside from the usual tasks, like conducting training classes and configuring workflows, there was one interesting challenge. The customer wanted to integrate TestTrack RM and TestTrack TCM with ClearQuest. The customer did not want to use the ClearQuest API because they were using a very old version of ClearQuest and were planning on upgrading. The risk of changes in the API between the versions was high.

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I have updated our labs page in regards to integration with Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS).  Even though this is not an ‘out of the box’ supported integration, you do have several options.

We had two sample scripts on how TFS could be integrated with TestTrack Pro and TestTrack TCM. I have updated them so they can be used out of the box. Previously they had connection information hard coded, which meant you had to change the source code and recompile in order to use them. I have also added a new article.
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If you are a loyal reader of this blog, chances are that you read Gerhard Kruger’s post about our Visual Studio Integration.  In this article, Gerhard talks about accessing TestTrack Pro items and Surround SCM actions from within Visual Studio. I’d like to present a different angle to this integration, specifically, the TestTrack Pro integration.
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Server plug-ins query external reporting services, communicate information about reporting services to client plug-ins, and run requested reports.

The Surround SCM and TestTrack Servers scan for plug-ins in the serverreports directory in the product application directory every 10 minutes. If a new plug-in is found, it is added to the list of available server plug-ins, which is sent to Surround SCM or TestTrack when users request to add external reports.

All server plug-ins must define the following ReportStatus enumeration, which provides return values for several functions in the server plug-in API.
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Client plug-ins are only required if you want to provide the following functionality from Surround SCM or TestTrack:

• Run an external report editor to create or modify reports.
• Run external reports that require parameters, such as filters.

Note: You cannot run external report editors or work with reports with parameters from TestTrack Web.
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We recently released a new version of Surround SCM. This release has many exciting new features and enhancements.

Two that are very exciting for me are the addition of an API and the ability to customize menus in the client to launch third-party applications. The ability to launch third-party tools (or your own) from the Surround SCM client menus means that now there is a plugin architecture. This opens the door for custom integrations with other tools and as well as our own.
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Works with TestTrack 2009 and later
Works with Surround SCM 2010 and later

Will not work with TestTrack 2008 and earlier
Will not work with Surround SCM 2009 and earlier