Changing external applications

Use the External Applications options to specify certain external applications that can be opened from within Rational® ClearCase® XML Diff Merge.

By default, XML Diff Merge uses the following external applications:

Application type Default application Description
View XML Source Windows Notepad Alternate view (such as text display) of the current contributor.

Opened by clicking View Source in the Parse Error window, and View > Source in the XML Diff Mergewindow menu

View Character Map Windows Character Map Application to choose character glyphs for whitespace display.

To open, click Character in the Display pane of the Options window. Then click Map in the Alternate Glyph window.

To change the external application associated with either function, do the following:

  1. In the drop-down list, select the application type you want to change:
  2. Click Change.
  3. In the Select External Application window, navigate to the program you want to run. Select the program file and click Open.

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