Athlant features and system requirements

System requirements

• Borland Delphi 5-7, 2005-2007 (Professional, Enterprise, Architect), Turbo Delphi Win32, Turbo Delphi .NET (Explorer, Professional)
• Borland C++ Builder 5-6, 2006 (Professional, Enterprise, Architect), Turbo C++
• Turbo С# (Explorer, Professional)
• Microsoft SCC API compatible software

Compatible source control systems

• AllChange 2000
• AllFusion Endevor Change Manager
• CA Harvest Change Manager
• Code Co-op
• CS-RCS
• CVS (using Pushok SCCI integration plug-in)
• IBM Rational ClearCase
• IonForge Evolution
• Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server
• MKS Source Integrity
• P4 Version Control System
• QVCS
• Serena PVCS
• Serena Version Manager 8
• SourceGear Vault
• SourceOffSite
• Starbase Versions (StarTeam)
• Subversion (SVN) (using Pushok SCCI integration plug-in)
• Surround SCM
• Team Coherence
• Telelogic Synergy (Continuus)
• Visual SourceSafe
• Rational ClearCase
• VisualAge TeamConnection

Supported Standard Source Control Actions

• Addition of files to the source control storage
• Removal of files from the source control storage
• Check Out
• Check In
• Getting the latest version of a file
• Getting history of changes for a file
• Comparison of a local file with any file version in the storage
• Getting file properties
• Creating symbolic links (grouping files)
• An ability to edit provider options

Supported Advanced Source Control Actions

• Simultaneous storing of one project in different storages
• Single-Click-Synchronization of local project files with a storage
• Switching among different storages without IDE restart
• Auto Checking Out on the file opening
• Auto Checking In on the file closing
• Use of advanced dialogues for Add to Source Control, Remove from Source Control, Check Out, Check In, etc
• An ability to form lists of dependent files. It enables you to control even those files, which are not formally included into the project
• An ability to work directly with files, which are not included into the project through Athlant Manager. It is possible to control any file together with project files in the same storage.

IDE Integration

• Athlant menu in main IDE menu
• Athlant menu in the Code Editor pop-up menu
• Athlant menu in the pop-up menu of the IDE Project Manager
• Athlant menu in the Code Editor toolbar
• Athlant toolbar with Athlant functions in the IDE main toolbar
• Athlant menu with functions in the form designer menu
• Athlant Manager can be docked to windows of the Project Manager, Code Editor and Object Inspector.
• Athlant shows protocols in the IDE Messages window
• Current provider name in the main menu item
• Integration of the list To-Do on operating with files

Additional Features and Tools

• Build-in Messaging system
• Automatic synchronization of file states in several Athlant copies in group projects.
• AthlantDiff - an additional tool for visual file comparison. Use it together with control version systems, which do not support visual presentation of comparison results. It supports the following formats: Object Pascal, SQL, Delphi Text Forms, C++, Inno Setup files, INI files, Assembler files, HTML files, XML files, Visual Basic Script, Visual Basic, Java Script, Java files, PHP scripts, PERL scripts, IDL files