How to prevent the codeUpdateCGTime timestamp from being added to model unit files in Rational Rhapsody

Question & Answer

Question

How do you disable the codeUpdateCGTime timestamp in IBM Rational Rhapsody?

Cause

When the codeCentric profile is globally applied to the component AND the property CG::General::IncrementalCodeGenAcrossSession[ is set to true, the codeUpdateCGTime timestamp is added to the unit file, for example:



- _id = GUID 224aa082-a9ce-439d-a2eb-fa915990358c;

        - _myState = 8192;

        - _name = "arg1";

-       - codeUpdateCGTime = 9.15.2014::18:29:17;

+       - codeUpdateCGTime = 9.15.2014::18:39:0;

        - _modifiedTimeWeak = 1.2.1990::0:0:0;

        - _typeOf = { IHandle

         - _m2Class = "IClass";

Disabling one of these will prevent this timestamp from being written to the repository.

Note, disabling this timestamp may have adverse or unexpected consequences to Code Generation/Roundtrip.

With the timestamp in some cases you experience issues with Diff/Merge and Configuration Management applications.

Answer

To disable the codeUpdateCGTime timestamp in Rational Rhapsody, you must either:

Set the property CG::General::IncrementalCodeGenAcrossSession to false in the codeCentric profile globally applied to the component

or,
Not globally apply the codeCentric profile to the component

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Product Synonym

Rational Rhapsody

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