Add File Dialog Box (Explorer)
Adds files to a Visual SourceSafe project.
Dialog Box Access
In Visual SourceSafe Explorer, access the Add File to <name> dialog box, then click Add.
Advanced
Displays advanced options for adding files. Possible options are:Option Description Store only latest version
Specifies that only the latest version of the file will be stored in the database at any time. Visual SourceSafe keeps a file history of change records with comments. However, older versions of the file are not stored and you cannot recover them.
Note
To increase performance and save disk space, use this option when storing executable programs in the database.
Check Out immediately
Checks out the file(s) to you immediately after adding them to the project.
Remove local copy
Deletes the file(s) from your working folder after adding to the database.
File type
Specifies the file type. Possible settings are Binary, ANSI/MBCS, Unicode (UTF-8), Unicode, Unicode (Big Endian), and Auto-detect (default).
- Apply same comment for all
Uses the same comment for all files being added (default). If this check box is cleared, you can enter a separate comment for each file.
- Comment for
Specifies a comment describing the file(s). The comment can contain up to 4096 characters.
See Also
Reference
Add File to <name> Dialog Box (Explorer)
Other Resources
- Apply same comment for all