Summary

Generates an XML file showing all changes made to a Visual SourceSafe project/file between specified labels or dates (by a given user).

Assembly

NAnt.Contrib.dll

Namespace

NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.SourceSafe

Base Types

Task
BaseTask

graph BT Type-->Base0["BaseTask"] click Base0 "/api/NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.SourceSafe/BaseTask" Base0-->Base1["Task"] Type["History"] class Type type-node

Syntax

[TaskName("vsshistory")]
public class History : BaseTask

Examples

Write all changes between "Release1" and "Release2" to XML file "changelog.xml".

<vsshistory
dbpath="C:\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
path="$/My Project"
fromlabel="Release1"
tolabel="Release2"
output="changelog.xml" />

Write all changes between January 1st 2004 and March 31st 2004 to XML file "history.xml".

<vsshistory
dbpath="C:\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
path="$/My Project"
fromdate="01/01/2004"
todate="03/31/2004"
output="history.xml"
/>

Attributes

Type	Description
TaskName

Fields

Name	Constant Value	Summary
RecursiveFlag	24576	Inherited from BaseTask static

Properties

Name	Value	Summary
Database	VSSDatabase	Inherited from BaseTask
DBPath	FileInfo	The path to the folder that contains "srcsafe.ini". Inherited from BaseTask
FromDate	DateTime	Start date for comparison.
FromLabel	string	The value of the label to start comparing to. If it is not included, the compare will start with the very first history item.
Item	IVSSItem	Inherited from BaseTask
Login	string	Override to avoid exposing the corresponding attribute to build authors.
Output	FileInfo	Output file to save history to (as XML).
Password	string	The password to use to login to the SourceSafe database. Inherited from BaseTask
Path	string	The Visual SourceSafe project or file path you wish the perform the action on (starting with "$/"). Inherited from BaseTask
Recursive	bool	Determines whether to perform the comparison recursively. The default is `true`.
ToDate	DateTime	End date for comparison.
ToLabel	string	The value of the label to compare up to. If it is not included, the compare will end with the last history item.
User	string	Name of the user whose changes you want to see.
UserName	string	The name of the user needed to access the Visual SourceSafe database. When no `NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.SourceSafe.BaseTask.UserName` is specified and "Use network name for automatic user log in" is enabled for the Visual SourceSafe database, then the current Windows username will be used to log in. Inherited from BaseTask
Version	string	Override to avoid exposing the corresponding attribute to build authors.

Methods

Name	Value	Summary
ExecuteTask()	void
GetFileTimestampFlags(FileTimestamp)	int	Gets the `SourceSafeTypeLib.VSSFlags` value corresponding with the specified `NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.SourceSafe.FileTimestamp`. Inherited from BaseTask
Open()	void	Opens the Source Safe database and sets the reference to the specified item and version. Inherited from BaseTask