When you create a virtual document, you can specify that a particular version of a nested descendant is always used. This is called a binding rule.
Typically, a virtual document always uses the CURRENT version of each of its descendant documents. But you can apply a binding rule that mandates a particular version of a descendant is used each time, even if there is a more current version available. A binding rule applies only to the component to which it is assigned. A component can have two different binding rules if it is part of two different virtual documents.
You can set different binding rules for different views of a virtual document. This is handy for comparing what happens to a virtual document when different binding rules are applied. Setting a binding rule for a view doesn’t affect the binding rules for components within the virtual document. If you don’t set binding rules for a component or a view, Virtual Document Manager (VDM) uses the standard binding rule, CURRENT.
A binding is a broken binding if VDM cannot find the version of a component specified by the component’s binding rule. Once a binding is broken, it is flagged as such in VDM, if you have set your general preferences to display broken bindings.
To fix a particular version of a descendant to a virtual document:
Navigate to a descendant document in a virtual document.
Note: You can navigate to a descendant by viewing the structure of the virtual document, as described in Viewing the structure of a virtual document.
Do one of the following, depending on the options available:
Select More>Tools>Fix to Version.
Select the document and select Tools>Virtual Document>Fix to Version.
If the parent document is not already checked out to your computer, Webtop checks it out. If you are prompted for a checkout location, enter the necessary information.
In the Always Use field, select the version to fix to the virtual document.
Click OK.
For the parent document, do one of the following, depending on the options available:
Select More>Tools>Save Changes.
Select the parent document and select Tools>Virtual Document>Save Changes.
Click OK.
Select your checkin options and click OK.