BUG: "Project History Options" Won't Search for Labels in File

ID: Q154835

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

According to the Online Documentation, in the "Project History Options" dialog box there is a "Labels Only" check box that can be used to search the current project for any files for a given label.

Specifically, the Online Documentation describes this functionality as follows:

"Type a time, date, version, or label. Use the prefix D to indicate a date or time, and the prefix L to indicate a label..."

Attempting to use this dialog box to get a listing of files with a given label results in a SourceSafe message box that displays:

"There are no items in the list."

After clicking OK on this message box, an empty "Results" window is displayed.

CAUSE

This function was designed for project searches only.

WORKAROUND

The following SourceSafe command can be used to achieve the desired result:


      ss get $/*.* -r -g- -vlmylabel -oresults.txt

The breakdown of the command is as follows:


      <ss get>: SourceSafe command to retrieve a read-only output <$/*.*> -
      start at project $/, and get all files (hence *.*)

      <-r>: recursive - search through all files and sub-projects of
      starting project

      <-g->: don't actually place read-only files in the working directory

      <-vlmylabel>: search for the label "mylabel"

      <-oresults.txt>: pipe the results of the search to the named file

At this point, you can look at the results.txt file to see the list of files that had the label in question assigned to it.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a project in Visual SourceSafe. Add two or more test files to the project.

In the Visual SourceSafe Explorer, highlight the first file in the right pane of the Explorer window and click the mouse again. From the pop-up menu, choose "Show History."

Double-click on any version of the file. Then click the "Details" button and type "mylabel" (without the quotation marks) in the text box provided for the Label. Close this dialog box by choosing "Close."

Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the second file added to the same project.

Click the left pane of the Visual SourceSafe Explorer window (project side) and highlight the project that contains the files labeled "mylabel."

Right-click the mouse and choose "Show History" from the pop-up menu. In the "Project History Options" dialog box, check "Include Files," "Recursive," and "Labels Only."

In the "From" box, enter "Lmylabel" (without the quotation marks), and then choose OK.

RESULT: Note that the message box will display "There are no items in the list" followed by the empty "Results" window.

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