History Options Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
Allows you to set history options for a file.
Dialog Box Access
In Visual SourceSafe Explorer, select a file. On the Tools menu, click Show History.
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| You can specify whether this dialog box is displayed by using the Command Dialogs tab in the SourceSafe Options dialog box. |
In Visual Studio, select a file in Solution Explorer. On the File menu, click Source Control, then click History.
- From
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Specifies the date or label with which the history report begins. Use the prefix D to indicate a date and/or time, for example, "D02/29/95;12:15". Dates can be entered in MM.DD.YY, MM-DD-YY, or MM/DD/YY format, but not in the traditional text format, for example, August 15, 1995. Use the prefix L to indicate a label, for example, "Lbeta1".
- Include file histories
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Displays file histories.
- Include Labels
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Displays labels with the file histories.
- Labels Only
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Displays labels only, if you have selected the Include file histories check box. You can use the Labels only check box with the From and To boxes to find all files with the specified label.
- OK
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Displays the History of <name> dialog box, showing the version history of the file you select.
- Only show this dialog when the Shift key is down
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Specifies that this dialog box is not displayed unless you hold down the SHIFT key when you select the Show History or History command.
- Project
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SourceSafe plug-in only. Accesses the history information for a project. Clicking this button displays the Project History Options dialog box.
- To
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Specifies the date or label with which the history report ends. For date and label formats, see From.
- User
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Specifies that the returned history should include only files worked on by the specified user.
