{"id":323,"date":"2012-05-22T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2012\/05\/22\/different-perforce-tools-and-their-short-summary\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T22:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:39:42","slug":"different-perforce-tools-and-their-short-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/different-perforce-tools-and-their-short-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Different Perforce Tools and Their Short Summary | Know About Different Perforce tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3808 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/different-perforce-tools.png\" alt=\"different-perforce-tools\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/different-perforce-tools.png 600w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/different-perforce-tools-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Different Perforce Tools and Their Short Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clients<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>P4V:<\/strong> Visual Client &#8211; (Included in the P4V Installer)<br \/>\nProvides access to versioned files through a graphical interface and also includes tools for merging and visualizing code evolution.<br \/>\n<strong>P4Merge:<\/strong> Visual Merge Tool &#8211; (Included in the P4V Installer)<br \/>\nProvides graphical three-way merging and side-by-side file comparisons<br \/>\n<strong>P4:<\/strong> Command-Line Client &#8211; (Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)<br \/>\n(Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)<br \/>\n<strong>P4Web:<\/strong> Web Client &#8211; (Included in the P4Web Installer)<br \/>\nProvides convenient access to versioned files through popular web browsers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Server<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>P4D:<\/strong> Server &#8211; (Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)<br \/>\nStores and manages access to versioned files, tracks user operations and records all activity in a centralized database.<br \/>\n<strong>P4P:<\/strong> Proxy Server &#8211; (Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)<br \/>\nA self-maintaining proxy server that caches versioned files remotely on distributed networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plug-ins &amp; Integrations<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>P4WSAD<\/strong>: Plug-in for Eclipse and WebSphere Studio<br \/>\nAccess Perforce from within the Eclipse IDE and the Rational\/WebSphere Studio WorkBench family of products<br \/>\n<strong>P4SCC:<\/strong> SCC Plug-in &#8211; (Included in the P4V Installer)<br \/>\nEnables you to perform Perforce operations from within IDEs that support the Microsoft SCC API including Visual Studio.<br \/>\n<strong>P4EXP:<\/strong> Plug-in for Windows Explorer &#8211; (Included in the P4V Installer)<br \/>\nAllows Windows users direct access to Perforce.<br \/>\n<strong>P4DTG:<\/strong> Defect Tracking Gateway &#8211; (Included in the P4DTG Installer)<br \/>\nAllows information to be shared between Perforce\u2019s basic defect tracking system and external defect tracking systems.<br \/>\n<strong>P4GT:<\/strong> Plug-in for Graphical Tools<br \/>\nProvides seamless access to version control for files from within Adobe Photoshop, SoftImage XSI, Autodesk\u2019s 3ds max, and Maya<br \/>\n<strong>P4OFC:<\/strong> Plug-in for Microsoft Office<br \/>\nAllows documents to be easily stored and managed in Perforce directly from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools &amp; Utilities<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>P4Report:<\/strong> Reporting System<br \/>\nSupports leading tools such as Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel, or any reporting<br \/>\ntool that interfaces with an ODBC data source.<br \/>\n<strong>P4Thumb<\/strong>: Thumbnail Generator<br \/>\nCreates thumbnails of graphics files managed by Perforce and stores the thumbnails in the server for presentation in P4V.<br \/>\n<strong>P4FTP:<\/strong> FTP Plug-in<br \/>\nAllows FTP clients like Dreamweaver, Netscape, and Internet Explorer to access files in Perforce depots.&#8217;<br \/>\nLinks to Download: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perforce.com\/perforce\/downloads\/platform.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.perforce.com\/perforce\/downloads\/platform.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good Video Tutorial Links<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perforce.com\/perforce\/media_library\/tutorials.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.perforce.com\/perforce\/media_library\/tutorials.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perforce.com\/perforce\/demo\/testdrive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.perforce.com\/perforce\/demo\/testdrive.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different Perforce Tools and Their Short Summary Clients P4V: Visual Client &#8211; (Included in the P4V Installer) Provides access to versioned files through a graphical interface and also includes tools for merging and visualizing code evolution. 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