Use this dialog box to customize your interface with source control. You can set source control dialog boxes to appear, appear only in specific cases, or disappear. You can set up default behaviors to fit your work style. For example, you can set the development environment to automatically update all of the items by getting the latest version of all of the items associated with a solution when you open that solution.
You can change some options in the dialog boxes themselves. You can enable dialog boxes again by changing options here.
Sets the development environment to Get all items associated with a solution every time you open that solution. You can disable the Get Latest Version dialog box by selecting the Don't show this dialog box again check box on the dialog box itself.
Sets the development environment to check in all items associated with a solution every time you close that solution. You can disable the Check In Items dialog box by either selecting the Don't show this dialog box again check box on the dialog box. You can enable this dialog box again by selecting the Show detail dialog boxes (Check In) check box on this Options page.
Sets the development environment to retrieve source control information from the master database when items are updated. This option is only available for other source control programs; it is not available in Visual SourceSafe.
Sets the development environment to automatically add new projects or items to source control. For items only, the Add to Source Control dialog box can be disabled by either selecting the Don't show this dialog box again button on the dialog box, or by selecting the After item add, remove or rename check box on this page.
Sets the preferred default behavior of the development environment when you are editing an item that is not checked out from source control (and is therefore read-only).
Sets the preferred default behavior of the development environment when you are adding an item, removing an item, or renaming an item locally. Typically, the development environment will prompt you to reflect these changes in the source control database. You can defer these changes with reminders, or do nothing.
You can set the default to:
Enables pull reminder dialog boxes according to the frequency setting you choose.
Pull actions are changes retrieved from the source control server to the local machine. Pull actions include Get Latest, Check Out, and Undo Check Out. Pull reminder dialog boxes prompt you to synchronize the source control server and your local machine so that the same versions of the items exist in both places. Reminder dialog boxes can perform the action, delay the action until later, or skip the action entirely.
Enables push reminder dialog boxes according to the frequency setting you choose.
Push actions are changes sent to the source control server from the local machine. Push actions include Check In and Add to Source Control. Push reminder dialog boxes prompt you to synchronize the source control server and the local machine so that the same versions of the items exist in both places. Reminder dialog boxes can perform the action, delay the action until later, or skip the action entirely.
Enables or disables the source control integration dialog boxes. Select the check box appropriate to show the detail dialog box during the source control action. There are dialog boxes for: Check Out, Check In, Get Latest Version, Undo Check Out, and Add to Source Control.
For example, when you check an item into source control, you will see the Check In Items dialog box. On this dialog box you can select the Don't show this dialog box again check box to disable the Check In Items dialog box. When you next check in an item, you will not be prompted by the dialog box you disabled. While this technique is useful for repetitive actions, you cannot fill in comments or click any advanced source control options (where they are available) when the dialog boxes are not enabled. Select the check box for the dialog box here to enable it.
Controls the amount of information that appears in the Items list of the source control dialog boxes. The default is that only selected items (or all of the items in a selected solution) will appear in the Items box. You can expand that list by selecting the Recurse check box on the dialog box in question, or change this option.
Provides a place for you to enter your name here for logging into the source control database server. If supported by your source control provider, this name will be filled in automatically in the Login dialog box to reach your source control server.
Displays more options on adding items to source control. Your source control program supplies these options.