How to get SourceSafe project of a version before a certain date?

Question

I am using SourceSafe Explorer v8.0. I imported an existing project from SourceSafe into VS 2008, worked on the project and checked it in a few times.

Now I need to import the same project into a different folder but the version of before I started working on it. I see a Get Latest" option. Where's the option to get a certain older version?

Answer 1

Don't do it from Visual Studio. Login into VSS with the VSS tool. Select the project in VSS - right ckick on the project and pick "Show History" - in the dialoge that pops up select the version you want and then click "Get".