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Using version control with projects (Flash Professional only)

Version control in Flash MX Professional 2004 lets you ensure that each author working in a project file is always using the latest version of a file, and that multiple authors do not overwrite each other's work.

To use version-control features, you must define a site for the project. You can specify a local, network, or FTP connection, or you can specify custom plug-ins for version control systems. If you experience problems when setting up a remote site, see Troubleshooting remote folder setup (Flash Professional only).

To define a site for version control:

  1. Create a new project and add files, as described in Creating and managing projects (Flash Professional only).
  2. Select File > Edit Sites.
  3. In the Edit Sites dialog box, click New.
  4. In the Site Definition dialog box, enter the site name, the local root path, and the e-mail address and name of the user.
  5. To specify a local, network, or FTP connection, select Local/Network or FTP from the Connection menu. Enter the location information for the Local/Network path or for the FTP connection.
  6. In the Flash Project panel (Window > Project), select Settings from the Project pop-up menu or context menu.
  7. In the Project Settings dialog box, select the site definition from the Site menu in the Version Control section. Click OK.
  8. In the Project pop-up menu, select Check In. Flash checks all files in the current project into the site.

To edit a file with version control applied:

  1. Open the project that contains the file, as described in Creating and managing projects (Flash Professional only).
  2. Select the file in the tree structure in the project panel and select Check Out from the project context menu.

    The icon next to the filename in the tree structure indicates that the file is checked out.

  3. To check a file back in, select the file in the project panel and select Check In from the project context menu.

    The icon next to the filename in the tree structure indicates that the file is checked in.

To open a file from a version-control site:

  1. Select File > Open from Site.
  2. In the Open from Site dialog box, select the site from the Site menu.
  3. Select the file in the site.
  4. If the file exists on your local system, Flash displays a message indicating whether the file is checked out and, if so, asking whether you want to overwrite it. Click Yes to overwrite the local version with the version from the remote site.
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