Let Lastest Version Message - What does it mean?

[Coder7]

Good morning all.

I just had my OS upgraded from Windows NT to Windows XP at work and now when I go into Interdev to work on my project I get this message:

note: nFileName below = LOTS of files names - I'm getting this message for lots of files in my Interdev project

You have a local copy of the file 'nFileName' that is marked writeable and may have been modified, but a newer version exists in the master Web application.

What to you want to do?

Options:
Skip or Replace Local

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Thanks for any help!

 

[Coder7]

Title should say 'GET' not 'Let'. Sorry for typo.

 

[chiph]

It's telling you that it doesn't know which is the "correct" version to use -- the one on your local machine, or the one in the master web.

You'll need to examine the files and copy them as appropriate.

Note that if you were using a source code control system this wouldn't be a problem, as the SCC always contains the correct version.

Chip H.


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[Coder7]

Thanks for responding. We use VSS for our versioning. I have not changed any of these files and none of them were checked out when they converted my OS.

How does the following sound as far as being safe that I don't harm any of the project files?

I right mouse click on each file in Interdev in the project individually and select 'compare to master web' and if it says that the files are identical i will select 'replace local' when prompted for each file until i've done this for every file.

 

[chiph]

Sounds OK to me.
If they're different, you'll need to use WinDiff or something similar to see where the changes are, and if they're significant.

Chip H.


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[Coder7]

I really appreciate your input, Chip.

I ended up just answering the prompts with 'replace the local files with what's in the Master Web' because I wanted the file contents to be what they were the last time they were checked into Source Safe.

Apparently I caused this issue because I just dragged the VSS folder into Interdev rather than creating the project when we were rebuilding my C: drive.

Again, thanks for your help! Have a great week.