Choosing CMS Commands

CMS commands are available within NetBeans from the CMS command menu (or the Versioning toolbar) when mounted files are selected in the CMS Explorer - the CMS subtree of Explorer [Filesystems]. CMS commands are also available in the Source Editor context window when a mounted file is open for editing.

To open the CMS command menu
With one or more mounted files selected, open the Versioning menu from the NetBeans menu bar and choose CMS.

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Select and right-click one or mounted files and choose CMS from the context menu.

See Also Using the Versioning Toolbar

Selecting the Check Out (Reserve) command from the CMS menu after right-clicking a mounted file.
(Note that nonapplicable CMS commands are disabled.)

The following actions, or commands, are associated with the CMS version control system:

Note To preserve consistency with other NetBeans VCS configurations while retaining ease of use for OpenVMS users, menu commands are listed in the following format:

NetBeans command name (CMS equivalent command name)

The table shows version control commands using CMS and NetBeans' Generic VCS command names. Commands are enabled or disabled automatically according to context - that is, the status of selected files.

CMS Command NetBeans VCS Command Name
Versioning Toolbar Button
Refresh
Refresh Recursively
Check In
Check Out
Undo Check Out
Get Latest Version
History
Diff
Add
Remove