HOWTO: Remove or Change a Label
ID: Q126786
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
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Microsoft SourceSafe version 3.1
SUMMARY
You can remove or change a project or file label using the GUI interface or
the command line product. To remove a label, use the following steps:
GUI Interface
- Select the file or project from which you want to remove the label.
- Click the History button on the toolbar, choose the Info.History menu
item with SourceSafe 3.1 or the Tools.Show History menu item with Visual
SourceSafe 4.0 or later, or press CTRL+H to bring up the history dialog
or output window.
- If the History dialog box appears, select the desired options and click OK.
- Select the labeled history item that you want to remove or change.
- Click the Details button.
- In the Label: text box, completely delete current label characters to
remove the label. To change the label, change the contents to the
desired new label.
- Click Close.
Command Line
- Execute the Label command with the desired label options. For example:
To change a label:
ss Label $/test "-vl old label" "-l new label"
To remove a label:
ss label $/test "-vl old label" "-l "
- You will get a message:
"This version of <SourceSafe object name> already has a label.
Do you want to overwrite with new label? (Y/N)."
Type y to confirm the label change.
Additional query words:
3.10 update 4.00 5.00
Keywords : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbDSupport kbSsafe600FAQ
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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