{"id":241,"date":"2010-04-16T08:43:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T08:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2010\/04\/16\/perforce-quick-facts\/"},"modified":"2021-02-27T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:53:56","slug":"perforce-quick-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Perforce Quick Facts – Perforce Quick Start Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"perforce-quick-facts\"<\/h3>\n

Perforce Quick Facts<\/h3>\n

Clients<\/b>
\n==============================================
\nP4V:<\/b> Visual Client – (Included in the P4V Installer)
\nProvides access to versioned files through a graphical interface and also includes tools for merging and visualizing code evolution.
\nP4Merge:<\/b> Visual Merge Tool – (Included in the P4V Installer)
\nProvides graphical three-way merging and side-by-side file comparisons
\nP4:<\/b> Command-Line Client – (Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)
\n(Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)
\nP4Web:<\/b> Web Client – (Included in the P4Web Installer)
\nProvides convenient access to versioned files through popular web browsers
\nServer<\/b>
\n================================================<\/b>
\nP4D:<\/b> Server – (Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)
\nStores and manages access to versioned files, tracks user operations and records all activity in a centralized database.
\nP4P:<\/b> Proxy Server – (Included in the Perforce Server Windows Installer)
\nA self-maintaining proxy server that caches versioned files remotely on distributed networks.
\nPlug-ins & Integrations<\/b>
\n=========================================<\/b>
\nP4WSAD<\/b>: Plug-in for Eclipse and WebSphere Studio
\nAccess Perforce from within the Eclipse IDE and the Rational\/WebSphere Studio WorkBench family of products
\nP4SCC:<\/b> SCC Plug-in – (Included in the P4V Installer)
\nEnables you to perform Perforce operations from within IDEs that support the Microsoft SCC API including Visual Studio.
\nP4EXP:<\/b> Plug-in for Windows Explorer – (Included in the P4V Installer)
\nAllows Windows users direct access to Perforce.
\nP4DTG:<\/b> Defect Tracking Gateway – (Included in the P4DTG Installer)
\nAllows information to be shared between Perforce\u2019s basic defect tracking system and external defect tracking systems.
\nP4GT:<\/b> Plug-in for Graphical Tools
\nProvides seamless access to version control for files from within Adobe Photoshop, SoftImage XSI, Autodesk\u2019s 3ds max, and Maya
\nP4OFC:<\/b> Plug-in for Microsoft Office
\nAllows documents to be easily stored and managed in Perforce directly from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.<\/p>\n

Tools & Utilities<\/b>
\n=============================================<\/b>
\nP4Report:<\/b> Reporting System
\nSupports leading tools such as Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel, or any reporting tool that interfaces with an ODBC data source.
\nP4Thumb<\/b>: Thumbnail Generator
\nCreates thumbnails of graphics files managed by Perforce and stores the thumbnails in the server for presentation in P4V.
\nP4FTP:<\/b> FTP Plug-in
\nAllows FTP clients like Dreamweaver, Netscape, and Internet Explorer to access files in Perforce depots.’
\nLinks to Download: http:\/\/www.perforce.com\/perforce\/downloads\/platform.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perforce Quick Facts Clients ============================================== P4V: Visual Client – (Included in the P4V Installer) Provides access to versioned files through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[903,3971,588,3978,3980,373,3977,3979,3207,3973,3972,3975,3976,3974,2540,399,311,2732],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perforce","tag-clients","tag-facts","tag-integration","tag-p4-cheat-sheet","tag-p4-command-list","tag-perforce","tag-perforce-cheat-sheet","tag-perforce-command-list","tag-perforce-command-reference","tag-perforce-facts","tag-perforce-quick-facts","tag-perforce-quick-reference","tag-perforce-quick-start-guide","tag-plug-ins","tag-quick","tag-server","tag-tools","tag-utilities"],"yoast_head":"\nPerforce Quick Facts - Perforce Quick Start Guide - scmGalaxy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Perforce Quick Facts - Perforce Quick Start Guide - scmGalaxy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Perforce Quick Facts Clients ============================================== P4V: Visual Client – (Included in the P4V Installer) Provides access to versioned files through […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"scmGalaxy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-04-16T08:43:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-27T09:53:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/perforce-quick-facts.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"scmgalaxy K\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"scmgalaxy K\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"scmgalaxy K\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc12ad190f540e79460243c81148d102\"},\"headline\":\"Perforce Quick Facts – Perforce Quick Start Guide\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-16T08:43:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-27T09:53:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":394,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/perforce-quick-facts.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Clients\",\"Facts\",\"Integration\",\"P4 cheat sheet\",\"P4 command list\",\"Perforce\",\"Perforce cheat sheet\",\"Perforce command list\",\"Perforce Command Reference\",\"Perforce Facts\",\"Perforce Quick Facts\",\"Perforce quick reference\",\"Perforce quick start guide\",\"Plug-ins\",\"Quick\",\"server\",\"Tools\",\"Utilities\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Perforce\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/\",\"name\":\"Perforce Quick Facts - Perforce Quick Start Guide - scmGalaxy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/perforce-quick-facts.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-16T08:43:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-27T09:53:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc12ad190f540e79460243c81148d102\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/perforce-quick-facts.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/perforce-quick-facts.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"perforce-quick-facts\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/perforce-quick-facts\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Perforce Quick Facts – Perforce Quick Start Guide\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/\",\"name\":\"scmGalaxy\",\"description\":\"A Platform for Software Engineers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc12ad190f540e79460243c81148d102\",\"name\":\"scmgalaxy K\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b902ea8c77ee0a326c112f29d0edf51b7c3e1cd05c4fb92a810177e9c3f12a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b902ea8c77ee0a326c112f29d0edf51b7c3e1cd05c4fb92a810177e9c3f12a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b902ea8c77ee0a326c112f29d0edf51b7c3e1cd05c4fb92a810177e9c3f12a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"scmgalaxy K\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.DevOpsSchool.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scmgalaxy.com\\\/tutorials\\\/author\\\/scmgalaxy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Perforce Quick Facts - Perforce Quick Start Guide - scmGalaxy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Perforce Quick Facts - Perforce Quick Start Guide - scmGalaxy","og_description":"Perforce Quick Facts Clients ============================================== P4V: Visual Client – (Included in the P4V Installer) Provides access to versioned files through […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/","og_site_name":"scmGalaxy","article_published_time":"2010-04-16T08:43:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-27T09:53:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/perforce-quick-facts.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"scmgalaxy K","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"scmgalaxy K","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/"},"author":{"name":"scmgalaxy K","@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/#\/schema\/person\/fc12ad190f540e79460243c81148d102"},"headline":"Perforce Quick Facts – Perforce Quick Start Guide","datePublished":"2010-04-16T08:43:53+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-27T09:53:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/"},"wordCount":394,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/perforce-quick-facts.png","keywords":["Clients","Facts","Integration","P4 cheat sheet","P4 command list","Perforce","Perforce cheat sheet","Perforce command list","Perforce Command Reference","Perforce Facts","Perforce Quick Facts","Perforce quick reference","Perforce quick start guide","Plug-ins","Quick","server","Tools","Utilities"],"articleSection":["Perforce"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/","name":"Perforce Quick Facts - Perforce Quick Start Guide - scmGalaxy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/perforce-quick-facts.png","datePublished":"2010-04-16T08:43:53+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-27T09:53:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/#\/schema\/person\/fc12ad190f540e79460243c81148d102"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/perforce-quick-facts.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/perforce-quick-facts.png","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"perforce-quick-facts"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-quick-facts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Perforce Quick Facts – Perforce Quick Start Guide"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/","name":"scmGalaxy","description":"A Platform for Software Engineers","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/#\/schema\/person\/fc12ad190f540e79460243c81148d102","name":"scmgalaxy K","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b902ea8c77ee0a326c112f29d0edf51b7c3e1cd05c4fb92a810177e9c3f12a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b902ea8c77ee0a326c112f29d0edf51b7c3e1cd05c4fb92a810177e9c3f12a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b902ea8c77ee0a326c112f29d0edf51b7c3e1cd05c4fb92a810177e9c3f12a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"scmgalaxy K"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.DevOpsSchool.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/author\/scmgalaxy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4310,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/4310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}