External hooks

External

Sample hooks for users of IBM Rational ClearQuest.

These items were originally published in 2003 and may refer to earlier versions of Rational ClearQuest.

NOTE: These hooks are presented only as examples of how to customize your use of IBM® Rational® ClearQuest®. They have not been formally tested, and are not supported by IBM.

External Scripts or programs that use the ClearQuest API to perform actions on a ClearQuest database without using the ClearQuest GUI:

• IBM Rational ClearQuest import utility (cqload) assistant tool
• Synch Microsoft NT users and IBM Rational ClearQuest user database
• How to use the ChartMgr object
• How to execute an existing report using the API
• External VB application to do something with records not touched in 14 days
• Simple Microsoft Project integration
• Using the Microsoft Windows scripting host to execute SQL select statements
• Running a Perl query from an external application
• Output length in days that records have been in a particular state
• Microsoft Excel macro for converting a company's phone list to an IBM Rational ClearQuest importable user file
• Leverage Microsoft Word as an editable report template and report generator
• Create a query in the user database using external API
• Launch Web browser from a button based on URL in a field
• Pad exported records for importing with retained IDs
• Synchronize IBM Rational ClearQuest user database with Microsoft Windows active directory users
• Find specific actions and associated users in the history list
• External Perl script to do a find and replace for all values in a particular field
• Microsoft Windows console application for hitting the start/stop button of e-mail reader
• Example VB6 form that demonstrates the use of CDOSYS and CDONTS for sending e-mail

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