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FIX: Get from Project History Does Not Display Get Dialog Box

Article ID: 193619

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q193619

SYMPTOMS

If you have set the project level Get dialog box to appear only when you press the SHIFT key and you open a project's history, hold the SHIFT key down, and click Get, the Get dialog box does not appear.

RESOLUTION

From the Tools menu, click Options, click the Common Dialogs tab, and select Get Latest Version check box in the list of commands used for projects to set the project level Get dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in Visual SourceSafe 5.0.
This bug was corrected in Visual SourceSafe 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Open Visual SourceSafe Explorer.
From the Tools menu, click Options, click the Common Dialogs tab, and clear the Get Latest Version check box in the list of commands used for projects to set the project level Get dialog box.
Click OK.
Select a project and do a recursive history on it.
Select a project.
While pressing the SHIFT key, click Get.

The Get dialog box does not appear.

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