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> 1. Is it possible to use VSS as a standalone on my own computer, with no
> server, and store the projects on my own (backed-up) hard disk? I know that
> the SW dept will complain if I ask if I can check in the 6000+ image files
> (5-10 GB) on their server, since they are used to dealing with text files. I
> tried to find info in the Help file and on the VSS main page but to no
> avail.
VSS has no server component, so this scenario works fine. just make sure you
keep good backups.
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> 2. Now the images are stored in folders on my hard disk drive with 500
> images in each folder, with sequential numbers as file names. One manual may
> have referenced images in folder 1, 3, 6, 7, 14 etc while another manual may
> have referenced images in other folders. This means that the first time I
> work on a specific manual, I will most likely need to "Get latest..." of the
> whole image library from VSS to my working folder. Correct? And next time I
> work with a manual, if I have changed an image file, carrying out the "Get
> latest..." will only copy the changed image file to the working folder?
You can do a GET on a file, a group of selected files, a folder, group of
folders, or an entire project. GET will not determone which files have
changed since your last GET however. This is a good scenario for using a
mirror folder. Each time you modify a file, a copy is posted to the mirror
folder.
John
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John Root
Publishing Systems
jroot -at- publisys -dot- com
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