[cvsnt] Can't synchronize between WSAD and CVSNT correctly

[John]

Hi,

I have the following problem:

We have HTML templates that we have to develop and in another project we use
WSAD for portlets development. So I thought I could put the HTMLs under
version Control to CVSNT and use WSAD as CVS client.

These templates are on a test-environment on an AS/400, we develop directly
there, and we see immediately the result of the changes (I know, it's not a
good practice to develope onthe server, but at the moment it is so.)

Resumee:

- The tHTML tremplates are on a test-environment on the AS/400

- The CVSNT Server is on a Windows XP Server.

- WSAD is on a Windows XP Workstation. Now the idea:

I made a "linking import" in WSAD to these templates of the AS/400, so now I
see the HTMLs that resides on the AS/400 in my CVS client in WSAD (Note: The
files resides not on my local workspace C:\). Then I shared the project
containing these HTMLs on the CVSNT Server. The idea is that when I work on
a file, and click on "save", the file is saved directly on the AS400 and I
can see immediately the change the effect in the browser. What I expected
however is that when I synchronize the folder containing the HTML templates,
the CVSNT should show me the differences, and the I should be able to commit
or merge the files in the CVSNT repository. Instead however, I get the
message that the Workspace on the AS400 is identical with the repository of
the CVS Server. So I cannot see any version history and I con't load an
older version from the CVS repository. The files on the AS400 corresponds
always to the files on the CVS repository and this happens without making a
commit, but simply making a "Save".

Do I make something wrong or is it however possible to realize my idea? In
practice I don't want to have a local workspace on my C:\ , instead I want
to use the server on the AS400 as "locale workspace".

Any suggestion to this procedure/idea?

Thanks for your answers.

John