How to: Get an Item Using a SourceSafe Plug-in
Getting database items in a SourceSafe plug-in occurs very much as it does in Visual SourceSafe. You can use a SourceSafe plug-in in Visual Studio to retrieve the latest version of a solution, project, or file from the database to your working folder. You can also retrieve past versions of an item. If the plug-in is unable to automatically reconcile the master copy with your local copy during a get operation, it prompts you to choose which version you want.
A SourceSafe plug-in supports the Get Latest Version command to retrieve the latest version of a file or the latest versions of files in a project or solution. A plug-in also supports the Get command, which retrieves a selected file or a subset of the files in a selected solution or project.
To retrieve the latest version of all the files in a project:
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In Visual Studio, open Solution Explorer and select an item.
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On the File menu, click Source Control, then click Get Latest Version.
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Check your working folder to ensure that the item has been correctly retrieved.
To retrieve a specific file in a project:
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In Visual Studio, open Solution Explorer and select the file to retrieve.
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On the File menu, click Source Control, then click Get.
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In the Get dialog box, clear the check boxes that appear next to the items you do not want to retrieve.
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Click OK.
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Check your working folder to ensure that the file has been correctly retrieved.
