How To Set Up Multiple Check Outs on a Project Basis

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1. Open or switch to the Visual SourceSafe Admin Utility.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options to open the Options dialog box.
3. Select the Allow Multiple Checkouts check box (located on the General Page).
4. Click OK. Note that this change will not take effect until users restart SourceSafe.

1. Place the files that you want to have the capability for multiple checkouts in a certain project or projects.
2. Open the Srcsafe.ini file (usually located in the root of your SourceSafe server installation) in any ASCII text editor.
3. Add an entry at the end of the Srcsafe.ini file for each project for which you want to set multiple checkouts to true. This entry should have the following syntax:

      [$/<project path>/<project name>]
      Multiple_Checkouts = Yes
   						

   For example, if you only want to allow multiple checkouts for the project $/Mydir/Myproject, the entry would look like:

      [$/Mydir/Myproject]
      Multiple_Checkouts = Yes
   						

4. Save the changes to the Srcsafe.ini file. Note that these changes will not take effect until users restart SourceSafe. Note that when you set multiple checkouts at the project level, the Allow Multiple Checkouts check box in the Visual SourceSafe Admin Utility never be selected; that is, it is always unchecked.