Creating and Extracting Freezepoints

The pane below the Control area in the Freezepointing window (see Figure 1-4) is used for both creating and extracting freezepoints. Switch between the Create and Extract panes by choosing the appropriate item from the Category menu. The Create pane is the default and is displayed when you start Freezepointing.

Creating a Freezepoint File

To create a freezepoint file:

1. Select Creation from the Category list box.

2. Type the path name of a freezepoint file in the Freezepoint File text box.

   Freezepointing automatically inserts the file name freezepoint.out. Delete it and replace it with a path name of your choosing.

3. Type the path name of the source workspace in the Workspace text box.

   This is the workspace that you are "freezepointing."

4. In the Directories and Files text window, compose a list of directories, or files, or both that you wish to freezepoint.

   Click Add to open the Add Files dialog box and select files to freezepoint. Shift-click to select more than one file. To select all of the files, type a period (.) in the Name text box. Click Add Files when you have selected all the files you want.

5. Click Create/Update to create the freezepoint.

Extracting a Source Hierarchy

To extract a source hierarchy from a freezepoint file:

1. Select Extraction from the Category list box.

   This changes the pane from Creation to Extraction.

2. Type the path name of an existing freezepoint file in the Freezepoint File text box.

3. Type the path name of the destination directory in the Destination Directory text box

   This is the directory into which the newly extracted files are placed.

4. Click Extract to execute to extract the freezepoint.

   For more information about FreezePointing, see Chapter 15, Preserving Project State With Freezepointing."