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Perforce - Connections
Set the following preferences to determine how you connect to the shared
Perforce
service in Visual Studio:
When opening a project
under source control
- Show the
Perforce
Connection dialog: Prompt for connection settings whenever you
open a project that is under
Helix Server
source control.
- Connect to the server using my most recent settings:
Without prompting for connection settings, reconnect to the
Perforce
service you were connected to during your last session.
- Connect to the server using solution-specific settings:
Without prompting for connection settings, connect to the
Perforce
service you last used for the solution or project that you are
opening.
- Connect to the server using my
Perforce
environment settings: Connect using Windows environment
variables for
Helix Server
connections, which you set using the
Helix Server
Command-Line Client or
P4V, the
Helix Visual Client
. For more information, see the
Helix Versioning Engine User Guide
or the
P4V
help.
Opening and closing
connections
- Use IP-specific tickets when logging in: Specifies
whether your login ticket is restricted to the IP address from which
you are connecting.
- Automatically log off when closing a connection:
Specifies whether your ticket is invalidated when you log out.