Advanced Check Out Options Dialog Box

Sets default Check Out command options.

To display the Advanced Check Out Options:

• Click the Advanced button on the Check Out dialog box.

Dialog Box Options

Replace Writable

Determines how VSS behaves when you try to check out a file that is already marked as writable in your working directory.  Select one of the following in the list box:

• Ask Asks you what to do with each file.
  
  
• Replace Replaces the file with a read-only version.
  
  
• Skip Skips the check out operation.
  
  
• Merge Merges the changes between the checked out file and the one you are now getting or checking out.
  
  
• Default Uses the defaults set on the Local Files Options tab in the SourceSafe Options dialog box (Tools menu).

Set File Time

Changes the time assigned to the check out operation.  Select one of the following in the list box: current time, the last file modification time, the last file check-in time, or the default time (set on the Local Files Options tab).

End of Line

Specifies the end-of-line character that VSS gives to each line in the file it retrieves.  Select one of the following in the list box: line feed (LF) for the UNIX platform, carriage return (CR) for the Macintosh, carriage-return/line-feed (CR/LF) for MS-DOS/Windows, or the default (set on the Local Files Options tab).  Visual Basic users should always set this to CR/LF.

Don't Get Local Copy

Tells VSS not to copy the file to your working directory.  VSS records that the file is checked out, but does not give you a new copy.