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History of Project Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)

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Displays history information for the selected project, including all significant events, such as deletion of files or subprojects, addition of files or subprojects, labeling and renaming of items, and check-ins. For each significant event, the dialog box shows the affected file or subproject, the user who performed the action, the date and time of the event, and the description of the event. Events are listed with the most current event at the top of the display.

Several commands are accessible from this dialog box. You can perform a command on a file or subproject by first selecting an event and then clicking a command button.

Dialog Box Access

In Visual SourceSafe Explorer or a SourceSafe plug-in in Visual Studio, access the Project History Options dialog box, and click OK.

  • Action
    Indicates the action associated with an item in the project.
  • Check Out
    Displays the Check Out dialog box (Explorer) or the Check Out for Edit dialog box (plug-in), which you can use to check out the item.
  • Date
    Specifies the date and time of creation of an item in the project.
  • Details
    Displays the History Details dialog box, containing details about a project event.
  • Get
    Displays the Get dialog box, which you can use to retrieve a local copy of the project.
  • History
    Indicates the number of items in the project.
  • Name
    Specifies the name of an item in the project.
  • Report
    Displays the History Report dialog box, which you can use to send the project history to a printer, a file, or the Clipboard.
  • Share
    Displays the Share from <name> dialog box, which you can use to share the selected versions of the item with another project.
  • User
    Specifies the name of the user who created an item in the project.
  • View
    Displays the File dialog box, allowing you to view the selected version of an item.

See Also

Reference

Check Out Dialog Box (Explorer)
Check Out for Edit Dialog Box (Plug-in)
File Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
Get Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
History Details Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
History Report Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
Project History Options Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
Share from <name> Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)