Change Work Area for Stream/Project Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to select or change the work area to use for item files in the project or stream. This can be either a folder/directory on your local machine or network node, or it can be a managed work area. When you check out or copy items, they are placed in a subfolder of your work area relative to their location in the project/stream.

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Description

Rules and Guidelines

Enter the location to use as the root folder for the project or the name of the managed work area.

Type the pathname to a folder on your local machine or a network node, or click the Browse button to select a folder/directory.

Alternatively, type the name of a managed work area followed by two semicolons (::)

  • If the folder/directory is on your local computer, type a full pathname. For example, to use the payroll folder on the C: drive of a Windows computer, type c:\payroll.

  • If the folder/directory is on a remote node, begin the pathname with the node name followed by two semicolons (::). For example, to use the payroll directory on the UNIX node HOST1, type the pathname HOST1::/payroll.

  • If the work area is a managed work area, type the name of the work area followed by two semicolons (::), For example DEVAREA::

Related Topics

About Work Areas

Opening Projects and Setting Defaults