Introduction
SourceAnywhere
is a SQL Server based version control tool. It is a light yet powerful tool
designed for local and remote development teams. The tool provides different
kinds of clients, including the GUI client, IDE plug-ins and the Java Client,
in order to satisfy various requirements and to adapt to different development
environments.
One of the version control clients, the SDK client of
SourceAnywhere, allows you to embed the version control features - such as
check-in, check-out, get, share, branch and more - into your own applications
as well as incorporate file versioning to the workflow of your system
automatically. For example, within an Enterprise content management (ECM)
system, you can submit the documents to the source control database where the
history changes of the files will be kept and specific versions can be
retrieved as needed.
If you are interested in SourceAnywhere, the 30-day
free trial can be downloaded from Dynamsoft’s website. The COM/Java SDK,
along with the other clients, is available on the download page.
Key Features
-
Various source control clients, including the GUI client, SDK,
and plug-ins for IDEs, are provided for access and management of your data.
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Robust: be able to handle 500+ concurrent connections globally.
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Efficient: unique caching mechanism to boost up the version
control performance.
- Secure: with SSL, Blowfish encryption, password policy and
database encryption, your data is in good hands.
In this article, I’ll show you how to integrate
SourceAnywhere to your own application and customize the version control
operations.
1. Embed
SourceAnywhere to your application
Let’s take a Visual Studio C# program as an example. In the
Solution Explorer click menu Project | Add Reference | Browse, select
"SAWSSDK.dll" in the installation folder of SourceAnywhere COM SDK and click
OK.
2. Connect
to the database
Call ConnectToServer to connect to the remote server.
You can define the target server and whether or not to connect through the
proxy server.
After successfully connecting to the server, you can specify
your user name, password and the target database and repository in the Login
property.
The following sample code will let you connect and access
the demo server provided by Dynamsoft. The server and login info can be found
below:
Server:
demo.dynamsoft.com
Port: 7777
User
name: dynamsoft1
Password: saw
You can also check out the SourceAnywhere
Online Demo page to learn the details.
private void Connect_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string ServerIP = "demo.dynamsoft.com";
int ServerPort = 7777;
bool OnlyTrial;
SAWSSDKLib.Enum_EncryptType EncryptType;
int LeftTrialDays;
bool RealServer;
bool Cancelled;
string ResultDescription;
string DBServerName;
string DBName;
long ResultValue;
ResultValue = sdkObject.ConnectToServer(ServerIP, ServerPort, Enum_ProxyType.Enum_NOPROXY, "", 0, "", "", false, "", out EncryptType, out OnlyTrial, out LeftTrialDays, out RealServer, out DBServerName, out DBName, out Cancelled, out ResultDescription);
if (ResultValue != 0)
MessageBox.Show("Failed to connect to server");
else
{
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSKeyFileSet KeyFileSet = new SAWSKeyFileSet();
bool MustChangePassword;
int DayOfExpiration;
long ResultValue1;
ResultValue1 = sdkObject.Login("dynamsoft1", "saw", "demo.dynamsoft.com", "default", KeyFileSet, out MustChangePassword, out DayOfExpiration, out Cancelled, out ResultDescription);
if (ResultValue1 != 0)
MessageBox.Show("Failed to log in");
else
MessageBox.Show("Log in successfully");
}
}
3. Check
out a file
After connecting to the server, the following
sample code enables you to check out the file "$/test/local.txt" from
the version control tool. Use CheckOutFile.LocalFileName
to define the check out folder.
private void CheckOut_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSCheckoutFileSet CheckOutFileSet = new SAWSCheckoutFileSet();
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSDiffMergeParam MergeParam = new SAWSDiffMergeParam();
bool Cancelled;
string ResultDiscription;
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSOperationResultSet OperationResultSet = new SAWSOperationResultSet();
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSCheckoutFile CheckOutFile = new SAWSCheckoutFile();
CheckOutFile.FileToCheckout = "$/test/local.txt";
CheckOutFile.LocalFileName = "D:\\Temp\\1.txt";
CheckOutFileSet.Add(CheckOutFile);
long ResultValue;
ResultValue = sdkObject.CheckoutFiles(CheckOutFileSet, true, "", false, Enum_ModifiedFileHandling.Enum_AskModifiedFile, Enum_EOL.Enum_EOLNative, Enum_CompareFileBy.Enum_CompareFileByChecksum, Enum_SetLocalFileTime.Enum_SetLocalFileTimeModification, MergeParam, out Cancelled, out ResultDiscription, out OperationResultSet);
if (ResultValue != 0)
MessageBox.Show("Check out failed");
else
MessageBox.Show("Check out successfully");
}
4. Check in a file
After modifying the checked out file, you can use CheckInFiles to
check in the file from your folder.
CheckInFile.FileToCheckin
specifies the file planned to be checked in. CheckInFile.LocalFileName specifies
the check out folder.
private void CheckIn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSCheckinFileSet CheckinFileSet = new SAWSCheckinFileSet();
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSCheckinFile CheckInFile = new SAWSCheckinFile();
CheckInFile.FileToCheckin = "$/test/local.txt";
CheckInFile.LocalFileName = "D:\\temp\\1.txt";
CheckinFileSet.Add(CheckInFile);
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSDiffMergeParam MergeParam = new SAWSDiffMergeParam();
bool Cancelled;
string ResultDescription;
SAWSSDKLib.SAWSOperationResultSet OperationResultSet = new SAWSOperationResultSet();
long ResultValue;
ResultValue = sdkObject.CheckInFiles(CheckinFileSet, false, false, Enum_CompareFileBy.Enum_CompareFileByChecksum, Enum_EOL.Enum_EOLNative, true, false, Enum_SetLocalFileTime.Enum_SetLocalFileTimeModification, Enum_CheckinUnchangedFileHandling.Enum_AskCheckinUnchangedFile, "", MergeParam, out Cancelled, out ResultDescription, out OperationResultSet);
if (ResultValue != 0)
MessageBox.Show("Check in failed");
else
MessageBox.Show("Check in successfully.");
}
Besides the features showed above, operations, such as
Label, Show History, Share and Branch, are also supported by the SourceAnywhere
SDK Client. You can fully customize the application based on your requirements.
Resource
To play with the SDK by yourself, you can download the
30-day free trial from Dynamsoft’s website.
SourceAnywhere
30-Day Free Trial
The online demo is also available for you.
SourceAnywhere
Guide & Online Demo
