
Hitachi Embedded Workshop User Manual
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9.2.4
Checking In a Writable Copy of a File into Version Control
Visual SourceSafe protects your source files and ensures that only one user can have a writable copy of a
controlled file at any one time. The check out operation takes a writable copy of the file from Visual SourceSafe
and places it on your local drive. Once a file is checked out it is edited and then checked back in so that the edits
can be made available to other users.
To check in edits made to a file or files in Visual SourceSafe:
1. Select the file(s) upon which you would like to check back into Visual SourceSafe. You may also select a
file folder, project folder, a workspace folder or combination thereof.
2.
Click the Check In Files toolbar button (
) or select the [Tools->Version Control->Check In] menu
option.
9.2.5
Undoing a Check Out Operation
Visual SourceSafe protects your source files and ensures that only one user can have a writable copy of a
controlled file at any one time. The check out operation takes a writable copy of the file from Visual SourceSafe
and places it on your local drive. Once a file is checked out it is edited and then checked back in so that the edits
can be made available to other users. However, if the check out operation was carried out by mistake, or perhaps
is no longer required, then the operation can be undone.
To undo a check out of a file or files from Visual SourceSafe:
1. Select the file(s) upon which you would like to undo a previous check out operation. You may also select
a file folder, project folder, a workspace folder or combination thereof.
2. Select the [Tools->Version Control->Undo Check Out] menu option.
9.2.6
Viewing the Status of a File
Although files appear in your HEW project (in the Projects tab of the Workspace window), Visual SourceSafe is
not necessarily controlling them. Of those files, which are being controlled by Visual SourceSafe, some will be
checked in and others will be checked out (i.e. being edited by a user). The status command displays the current
status of a file or file(s).
To view the status of a file or files in Visual SourceSafe:
1. Select the file(s) whose status you would like to view. You may also select a file folder, project folder, a
workspace folder or combination thereof.
2. Click the Status of Files toolbar button (
) or select the [Tools->Version Control->Status of Files]
menu option.
9.2.7
Viewing the History of a File
Visual SourceSafe controls the edits to the files in its projects and allows you to view the complete history of
these edits right back to the time that the file was first added to the project.
To view the history of a file or files in Visual SourceSafe:
1. Select the file(s) whose history you would like to view. You may also select a file folder, project folder, a
workspace folder or combination thereof.
2. Select the [Tools->Version Control->Show History] menu option.