VisualAge Smalltalk stores work that you save in the abt.icx file on your workstation and in the team's library. If a power failure or other cause shuts down VisualAge, any work done after the last image-save will be lost from the image but will still exist in the library.
To recover the lost work, you browse editions of your work in the library and load the most recent edition into your image. Because the library stores all work that you do, you can recover changes to parts and source code from the library by completing the following sets of steps.
To restore your work, go to the VisualAge Organizer, and select Make Image Consistent from the full Options menu. Selecting Make Image Consistent prints information on work done since the last image save to the System Transcript window.
If your image is inconsistent with the library, a Changes Browser opens on each inconsistent class. Using this browser, you can compare the class edition in your image with the editions in the library and, if needed, load the editions you want into your image.
To ensure that you have your most recent work loaded, you can further do the following:
For detailed information on recovering lost work, refer to IBM Smalltalk User's Guide.