Visual SourceSafe User Interface Reference

This section describes the dialog boxes and wizards used by Visual SourceSafe Explorer, Visual SourceSafe Administrator, and the SourceSafe plug-ins for Visual Studio.

In This Section

• <your report title> Dialog Box
  Displays a formatted report of selected information.

• About Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Dialog Box
  Displays information about your copy of Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.

• Add Assignment for <name> Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Adjusts the project rights assignment for a selected database user.

• Add File Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Adds files to a Visual SourceSafe project.

• Add File Group Dialog Box (Administrator and Explorer)
  Adds a new file group to the list of supported file groups.

• Add File to <name> Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Copies files into the selected Visual SourceSafe project.

• Add SourceSafe Database Wizard
  Locates and configures a Visual SourceSafe database.

• Add to SourceSafe Dialog Box (Plug-in)
  Adds a solution or project to source control using a SourceSafe plug-in in Visual Studio.

• Add User Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Adds a new user to the list of users for the current database.

• Add Users for <name> Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Adds users for a project.

• Advanced Check Out Options Dialog Box (Plug-in)
  Provides additional options that you can set to determine how a SourceSafe plug-in for Visual Studio checks out files.

• Advanced Get Options Dialog Box (Plug-in)
  Provides additional options that you can set to determine how a SourceSafe plug-in for Visual Studio gets files to a working folder.

• Archive Wizard (Administrator)
  Archives (backs up) projects in your Visual SourceSafe database.

• Assignments for <name> Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Changes project access rights to a Visual SourceSafe database for the selected user.

• Branch Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Branches a previously shared file.

• Change Password Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Changes the password for the selected user.

• Check Hyperlinks Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Checks HTML files for invalid links to other files.

• Check Hyperlinks Results Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Displays the results of a check for broken hyperlinks in a Web project.

• Check In Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Checks a changed file or project into a database.

• Check Out Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Checks out the latest version of the selected file or project.

• Check Out for Edit Dialog Box (Plug-in)
  Checks out items from source control using a SourceSafe plug-in in Visual Studio.

• Check Out Status Tab (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays checkout information for the selected file.

• Choose project from SourceSafe Dialog Box (Plug-in)
  Selects a project from a database.

• Choose Project Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Allows you to select a project to archive (back up).

• Clean Up Local Temporary Files Directory Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Cleans up temporary files in the specified local directory.

• Contents of <name> Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Displays the contents of the selected Visual SourceSafe project.

• Copy Rights Assignments to <name> Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Copies a user's access rights to the specified user.

• Create Project in <name> Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Creates a new empty subproject under the selected project.

• Create Site Map for <name> Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Creates a site map of the HTML files in a Web project.

• Delete Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Deletes a file or a project, with all associated files.

• Deleted Items Tab (Explorer)
  Displays a list of items that have been deleted from the selected project.

• Deploy Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Deploys a Web project to one or more Web servers.

• Difference Options Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays the options that specify how two versions of a file will be compared.

• Differences between Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays the differences between two files or two versions of a single file.

• Edit User Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Changes the user name and sharing permissions for a user.

• File Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Allows you to view or edit a file.

• Files Report Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Creates a files report for a project.

• Find Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Specifies search criteria.

• Find in Files Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Finds all instances of a specified character string.

• Find in Files Results Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Lists all files that contain the string specified in the Find in Files Dialog Box.

• Folder Selection Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Allows you to select a folder.

• General Tab (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays general properties for the selected item.

• Get Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Retrieves a read-only copy of the selected item from the database to your working folder.

• Go To Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Moves the cursor to a specified location in a file.

• History Details Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays details of the history of a file or a project.

• History of <name> Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays history information for the selected file.

• History of Project Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays history information for the selected project.

• History Options Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Allows you to set history options for a file.

• History Report Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Prepares a report of history information on a file or project.

• Label Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Assigns descriptive text to a version.

• Links for <name> Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Shows links for a shared file.

• Links Tab (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays share links for the selected file.

• Lock Visual SourceSafe Database Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Allows you to lock all users out of a Visual SourceSafe database.

• Merge to <name> Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Merges the selected file version with another version of the file.

• Move Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Relocates the selected subproject from one parent project to another.

• Open SourceSafe Database Dialog Box
  Opens a Visual SourceSafe database.

• Password Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Allows you to change the password to use in logging in to a Visual SourceSafe database.

• Paths Tab (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays the items that contain branched versions of the selected file.

• Preview Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Displays a read-only preview of a report.

• Project Difference Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Compares two versions of a project and specifies the display for the comparison results.

• Project History Options Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Allows you to set history options for a project.

• Project Rights Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Displays and changes access rights for users in selected projects.

• Reconcile all differences for <name> Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Reconciles differences between projects.

• Restore Wizard (Administrator)
  Restores projects from an archive file.

• Search for Status Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Searches for files by their database checkout status.

• Search for Wildcard Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Searches for files using a wildcard.

• Select Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Selects one or more files.

• Select Temporary Folder Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Allows selection of a folder to contain temporary files.

• Server Configuration Dialog Box, LAN Service Tab (Administrator)
  Allows configuration of a LAN service for LAN access to a database.

• Server Configuration Dialog Box, SourceSafe Internet Tab (Administrator)
  Allows configuration of a Web service for remote access to a database.

• Set Shadow For Dialog Box (Administrator)
  Allows you to set a shadow folder for a project.

• Set Working Folder Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Allows you to set your working folder.

• Share Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Specifies a project to share with the current project.

• Share from <name> Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Creates a new project that is identical to an old version of the selected project.

• Share with <name> Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Shares the current version of a file or project.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Command Dialogs Tab (Explorer)
  Allows you to specify whether option dialog boxes are displayed for certain commands.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Command Line Options Tab (Explorer)
  Specifies defaults for some command line commands.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Custom Editors Tab (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Allows you to set custom editor specifications.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Difference Tab (Explorer)
  Allows you to specify global options for viewing differences between files or projects.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, File Types Tab (Administrator and Explorer)
  Sets options relating to the types of files that you can store in a database.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, General Tab
  Allows you to specify general configuration options that affect all users in the database user list.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Integration Tab (Plug-in)
  Specifies integration information for a SourceSafe plug-in.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, International Settings Tab (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Specifies international settings used in a distributed environment.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Local Files Tab (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Specifies how Visual SourceSafe should handle files in your working folder.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Project Rights Tab (Administrator)
  Enables the Rights by Project, Rights Assignments for User, and Copy User Rights commands.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Shadow Folders Tab (Administrator)
  Sets options for a shadow folder.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Time Zone Tab (Administrator)
  Identifies a single time zone for use in all date/time stamp operations for a database.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, View Tab (Explorer)
  Specifies display options for Visual SourceSafe Explorer components.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Warnings Tab (Explorer)
  Specifies whether warnings are displayed before actions that might result in accidental loss or deletion of data.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Web Tab (Administrator)
  Sets options that are general to all Web projects in the database.

• SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Web Projects Tab (Administrator)
  Sets information for a Web project.

• Undo Check Out for <name> Dialog Box (Explorer)
  Cancels a Check Out operation on files or projects that you have checked out, undoing all changes.

• Undo Checkout Dialog Box (Plug-in)
  Cancels a Check Out operation on a source-controlled item that you have checked out, undoing all changes.

• Visual SourceSafe Login Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
  Allows you to enter the database name and the login credentials required to access Visual SourceSafe.

See Also

Other Resources

Visual SourceSafe Reference