Version Check

kasti · Post by **kasti** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:52 am

Hi,

We really like the version check in 3.1.1. However, we do have the problem that Vault tries to contact sourcegear to check for the latest vault version. Our firewall however does not allow this so it times out after a long time (30+ seconds). It would be great for us if the check to sourcegear was optional.

Thanks,
Herbert.

GregM · Post by **GregM** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:16 am

It is, and the version check message tells you where to turn it off.

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:52 am

It is, and the version check message tells you where to turn it off.

In the 3.1 GUI Client under Tools->Options->General.

kasti · Post by **kasti** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:42 am

Hi,

Sorry not to be more clear. I know how to turn it off completely but dont want to turn off comparing server and client version. I just want to turn off checking the sourcegear site.

Thanks,
Herbert.

dan · Post by **dan** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:07 am

There isn't currently a way to disable just the connection attempt to the sg server.

Does the client hang for 30 seconds while it tries to connect ?

kasti · Post by **kasti** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:40 am

Hi Dan,

Here is the log from the messages box:

[2005-08-25 15:35:18] Version Check: This 'Version Check' can be disabled in the Options dialog.
[2005-08-25 15:35:18] Version Check: This Vault client is version 3.1.1.3504
[2005-08-25 15:35:18] Version Check: Your Vault server is version 3.1.1.3504
[2005-08-25 15:36:00] Version Check: An error occurred when trying to retrieve version.xml file from the SourceGear website

As you can see, there are 42 seconds until it throws the error about "version.xml".

Thanks,
Herbert.

dan · Post by **dan** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:43 am

Sorry, I guess it is now my question that is unclear

Is the client completely hung during that time (where you can't do any other operations until the connection timesout)?

kasti · Post by **kasti** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:57 am

No, its not hung. Menus open, I can do the "About" and the "Abort current operation" (although abort does not do anything in this case). Also I can change tab sheets.

But the top panels are blank at this time (no tree, no files), status bar says "Connecting to Server" during that time.

dan · Post by **dan** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:11 am

OK, I think I'll add a feature request so that the client/server info is always displayed, but that the version check in the options applies only to whether to connect to the SG server.

kasti · Post by **kasti** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:31 am

Sounds great, thanks.