Properties Command (File Menu)

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Displays the Properties dialog box, which contains basic information about a VSS file or project, including the size, name, and type.

Access Rights

You must have the Read access right to view the Properties dialog box.

You must have the Add access right to change the type of a file.

You must have the Destroy access right to change the Store Only Latest Version state of a file.

Remarks

Click the tab with the information you want. Tab content differs according to whether a file or project is currently selected in VSS Explorer.

Note   Click the Report button on any of the tabs to create a report to send to the clipboard, a text file, or a printer.

File Properties Dialog Box Tabs

General

Shows the file name, type, size, latest version number, last modification date, comment, and whether the entire file history is stored in the VSS database (or just the latest version). You can change the comment and set whether or not to store only the latest version of the file to save disk space. You can also change the file type here.

Check Out Status

Shows the file's name, who it is checked out by (if anyone), whether it is exclusively checked out, when it was checked out, the version that is checked out, the computer it's checked out to, the check out path, the project the file is in, and the check out comment. You can change the check out comment.

Links

Shows the current share links a file has to other projects.

Paths

Shows which projects have branched versions of this file in the past.

Project Properties Dialog Box Tabs

General

Shows the name of the current project, the number of files and subprojects it contains, the latest version number, when it was last changed, whether the project is cloaked, and the comment for the project. You can change the comment.

Deleted Items

Shows the files that have been deleted from the project since it was added to VSS. Use this dialog box to recover or purge a deleted file.