Note: The following information applies only to Surround SCM integration with Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop CS5. See Surround SCM Dreamweaver Integration for information about integrating with Dreamweaver CS5.

Surround 2011.1 and later supports integration with Adobe CS5 applications through Adobe Drive. See Surround SCM Third-Party Integrations for supported platforms and versions. The integration requires Adobe Drive 2.1 or later and a connection to the Surround SCM CMIS Server. Refer to the Surround SCM Installation Guide for information about installing and configuring the CMIS Server.

This article includes information about connecting Adobe Drive to the Surround SCM CMIS Server, performing Surround SCM actions, and troubleshooting.

Note: The following steps were tested using Adobe Drive 2.1 and Surround SCM 2011.1 on Windows.

Connecting to the CMIS Server

If you do not have Adobe Drive installed, download it from Adobe’s web site.

1. Start Adobe Drive and click Add Drive.
2. Click CMIS in the Connector list.
3. Enter the Surround SCM CMIS Server URL and your Surround SCM Username and Password. If you do not know the connection information or have a password, ask your Surround SCM administrator for help. A password is required to connect to the CMIS Server.
   
   Note: The username and password are case sensitive and must match your Surround SCM login information.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Connect.

Performing Surround SCM actions

Note: You must use the same CMIS client to check out and check in files. If you use Adobe Drive to check out a file, the writable version of the file is stored on the Surround SCM Server instead of your local working directory. You must check in changes through Adobe Drive or the Adobe CS5 application.

Checking out files
Check out files when you want to modify them. If you open files in the Adobe CS5 application first, the files are automatically checked out when you save changes.

1. Browse to the file you want to check out in the CMIS repository drive.
2. Right-click the file and choose Adobe Drive 2 > Check Out. The file is checked out as a private working copy on the Surround SCM Server. A local copy of the file is not retrieved from the server, but the private working copy is checked out exclusively to you. You cannot check out files checked out by other users.

Checking in files
Check in files when you want to update them on the Surround SCM Server and make the changes available to other users. You can check in files through Adobe Drive or the Adobe CS5 application.

1. In the CMIS repository drive, right-click the file and choose Adobe Drive 2 > Check In.
   In the Adobe CS5 application, choose File > Check In.
   The Check In dialog box opens.
   
   
2. Enter a comment to apply to the file version and click OK. The file is checked in and the version number is incremented by one on the Surround SCM Server.

1. Browse to the file you want to undo the check out for in the CMIS repository drive.
2. Right-click the file and choose Adobe Drive 2 > Cancel Check Out. The lock on the file is removed and it can be checked out by other users.

1. Browse to the file you want to remove in the CMIS repository drive
2. Delete the file. The file is removed from Surround SCM.

1. Browse to the file you want to view file information for in the CMIS repository drive.
2. Right-click the file and choose Adobe Drive 2 > Show Versions. The Versions dialog box opens.
3. Click Done to close the dialog box.

Troubleshooting