Placing Solutions or Projects (.NET Only)

The StarTeam Visual Studio Plugin lets you place solutions and projects into StarTeam. This places the source files from the solution/project into the StarTeam Server and establishes a tip revision for the files. Placing a solution/project into StarTeam enables it to be version controlled, and makes the solution/project accessible to other team members.

Choose StarTeam Place Solution.
Note: Alternatively, you can right click on the root project node in the Solution Explorer, and choose StarTeam > Place Project. The Place Project command is not available from the StarTeam main menu.

It is not common practice to place a lone project under source control. Typically, you place the entire solution that contains one or multiple projects, but the integration allows you this flexibility if you choose to perform this task. If you have not placed the solution under source control and you choose the Place Project command, an informational dialog box opens warning you that the solution has not yet been placed. If you desire to place only the project, then click Yes to continue.
This opens the StarTeam Association for xxx.sln dialog box, where xxx.sln is the solution name.
Complete the following fields in the StarTeam Association for xxx.sln dialog box:

StarTeam Server

Select the server configuration where the solution/project will be stored, and log onto it. If you need to add the server configuration to the list of available servers in the list, click Server. This opens the StarTeam Servers dialog box where you can add server configurations or update the connection properties of a currently-defined server configuration.

Project Name

Select the name of the StarTeam project, or click New to create a new StarTeam project. When you click New, the New Project dialog box opens where you specify a StarTeam project name and the default working folder. The StarTeam project name must be unique. The directory specified in the Default Working Folder field is used as the default target directory when the solution is pulled from StarTeam.

Folder Path

Optionally, choose a different folder other than the default folder. By default, the folder path is set to the folder with a working path that is the same as the root working folder of the solution.

Root Working Path

Specify the root directory containing the solution/project to be placed into StarTeam. You can click the Browse button and change the path if you expect files that are not in the directory hierarchy of the given solution to be added.
Click OK to close the StarTeam Association dialog box. The Add Files dialog box opens. Optionally (but recommended), fill in the information in the Add Files dialog box.
Click OK to close the Add Files dialog box when finished.

The solution and project source files are checked into the StarTeam Server. The status of the operation displays in the Output window. In the Solution Explorer, the files are associated with a blue database icon indicating that the solution/project/files are stored in the repository.