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u07ch
u07ch

Reputation: 13702

Sourcesafe searching

I need to do a significant search through my SourceSafe 8 database to support a refactoring exercise.

I have a list of about 250 differant stored procedures that are called and need to work out where in the application. Are there any tools that improve on the standard search so that I can search for any instance of any of these procs or is pulling the code into another database my best bet ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2292

Answers (3)

DavidRR
DavidRR

Reputation: 19397

With Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Explorer Version 8, the View/Search menu provides access to the following search capabilities:

  • Wildcard Search (On the file name. Use a question mark to match a single character in the file name, and an asterisk to match zero or more characters.)

    • Search Area
      • Search in current project only
      • Search in current project and all subprojects
      • Search in all projects

  • Status Search

    • Display all checked out files
    • Display files checked out to: [user name]
    • Search Area
      • Search in current project only
      • Search in current project and all subprojects
      • Search in all projects

For the first two Search Area options, the search settings will be applied as you click from project to project. Remember to go back and clear your search settings after you've found your files of interest.

Upvotes: 1

Rachel
Rachel

Reputation: 1370

You may try vssfind utility, a freeware, and see if helps.

Upvotes: 2

Shawn Steward
Shawn Steward

Reputation: 6825

Don't laugh but I still use SourceSafe 6... but there is a Find in Files option from the tools menu that will do a search within files for a specific string... do you have that available in version 8?

Upvotes: 2

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