The Connect to Server command allows you to connect to the Vault Professional server. This command is also available on the Toolbar and will display when Vault Professional is started. You can choose to automatically connect on startup with a profile.

The Disconnect from Server command allows you to disconnect from the current server.

The Choose Repository command allows you to select the repository from the connected server. You can choose to automatically open a repository when connecting to Vault Professional by using a profile.

The Add Files/Folders command allows you to add new files or folders to the open repository by selecting files or folders accessible on the local machine. The Add Files command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Detect New Files command allows you to see which files exist in your local working folder that do not exist in Vault Professional, therefore allowing you to easily add newly created files to the repository.

The Create Folder command allows you to create a new empty folder within the open repository. The Create Folder command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Delete command allows you to delete files or folders from the repository. The Delete command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Rename command allows the names of the selected files or folders to be changed.

The Move command allows you to move the selected files or folders from one folder to another.

The Properties command allows you to view and modify the properties of the selected file (File Properties) or folder (Folder Properties).

The Set Working Folder command allows you to set a directory on the client machine to store files retrieved from the server. The Set Working Folder command can also be found on the Toolbar.

A working folder must be set in order to Get Latest, Check Out or Edit.

The Explore Working Folder command allows you to open a Windows Explorer window on the corresponding working folder. If there is no working folder set or the working folder does not exist, the command will not be available.

The Exit command closes the Vault Professional client application.

The View File command allows you to view the repository’s latest version of a selected file without checking out or replacing the local copy of the file. The View File command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Edit File command allows you to check out and edit a selected file in a single operation. The Edit File command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Select All command allows you to select all of the files in the file list.

The Invert Selection command allows you to invert the already selected files. For each file in the file list, if it is selected, it will be unselected and, if it is unselected, it will be selected.

The Refresh command refreshes the file list and folder tree by retrieving the latest information from the server. This command is merely used to update the display of status information, it does not modify the working folders in any way.

See Automatic Refresh in General Options to set the refresh option.

The Show Differences command opens the Diff dialog box to examine the differences between versions of a file. The Diff command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Show Blame command opens Blame in the Vault Web Client. Blame is a line by line file history which shows the last user to modify any given line in a file.

The Show Labels command opens the Show Labels dialog to examine labels that have been applied to the currently selected file or folder, or labels that have been created recursively below that file or folder.

The Show History command opens the History Explorer to examine past versions to a tree or repository. The History command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The History Favorites->Edit Favorites command opens the Edit History Favorites dialog that allows you to manage saved queries.

The History Favorites->(Saved Query) command invokes a specific named query and displays it in the History Explorer dialog.

The Show Line History command opens the Show Line History wizard to search through the history of a file to find all modifications to a line, or a group of lines.

The View Shelved Changes command opens the View Shelved Changes to list the shelvesets that have been uploaded to the Vault Professional server.

The panel commands at the bottom of the View menu provide options for displaying dockable panels in the Vault Professional GUI Client. Click the panel command in the View menu to open the panel. Click the X in the upper corner of the panel to close the panel. To move a panel, click on the title bar and move to one of the docking points which appears in the client.

The Get Latest Version command retrieves a copy of the file from the Vault Professional server and places it in your working folder. If there is no current working directory, the Set Working Folder dialog box is displayed first since a working directory must exist before files are retrieved. The Get Latest Version command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Check Out command allows you to check out the latest version of a file or folder to modify the item. The Check Out command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Check In/Commit command allows you to commit changes made to local files back into the repository. The Check In command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Undo Check Out command allows you to undo a checkout and not modify contents of the file in the repository or change the version number. The Undo Check Out command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Show Merge command allows you to resolve merges for files of status Needs Merge and also to examine how Vault Professional automatically resolved the conflicts between two files.

The Resolve Merge Status command resets the status of a file from Needs Merge to Edited Status, which allows you to check in the file.   Vault Professional will only prompt to Resolve Merge Status if you are using SourceGear’s DiffMerge tool.

Note: The best practice is to first view the Show Merge results, as there may be file conflicts that must be manually resolved. If there are unresolved merge conflicts, Resolve Merge Status will revert any conflicting changes back to the lines in the common ancestor of the two files being merged. This may cause modifications to be lost.

The Label command allows you to tag a version of a file or folder with a text string. The Label command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Share command allows you to make files or folders appear in two distinct places in the repository. The Share command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Branch command allows you to either Share Branch or Copy Branch. A Share Branch allows you to break a link for a shared file; creating a separate file at the location it was shared. A Copy Branch allows you to branch any file or folder, whether it is shared or not. The Branch command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Snapshot command allows you apply snapshots to a folder. This command has been deprecated in favor of Branch or Label.

The Pin command allows you to pin a file or pin a folder to its current version, disallowing any changes to the file or folder until it is unpinned.

The Cloak command allows you to specify that a folder should be ignored during recursive operations. For example, Get Latest Version operation will not get files from a cloaked folder unless the cloaked folder is specifically selected.

The Find in Files command allows you search for files containing a given text string.

The Merge Branches command allows you to merge changes from any folder to any other folder.

The Options command allows you to set global options by opening the Options dialog box.

The Change Password option allows you to change passwords.

The Abort command cancels any current server operation. It is only available during attempts to contact the Vault Professional server. The Abort command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Contents command will bring up the Help files. The Contents command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Search command will bring up the Search page for the Help files.

The Technical Support command will provide you with support contact information and links to the FAQ lists. It will also list your system and version information that will be relevant for tech support issues.

The About SourceGear Vault Professional dialog will show you the version number and the current locale.

The Create Folder command is used to create a new empty folder within the open repository. The Create Folder command can also be found on the Toolbar..

The Add Files/Folders command allows you to add new files or folders to the open repository by selecting files or folders accessible on the local machine. The Add Files command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Detect New Files command allows you to see which files exist in your local working folder that do not exist in Vault Professional, therefore allowing you to easily add newly created files to the repository.

The Set Working Folder command allows you to set a folder on the client machine in which to retrieve repository files. The Set Working Folder command can also be found on the Toolbar.

A working folder must be set in order to Get Latest, Check Out or Edit.

The Explore Working Folder command allows you to open a Windows Explorer window on the corresponding working folder. If there is no working folder set or the working folder does not exist, the command will not be available.

The Get Latest Version command allows you to retrieve all the latest files within the folder from the Vault Professional server and place them in the working folder. If there is no current working folder, the Set Working Folder dialog box is displayed first since a working directory must exist before files are retrieved. The Get Latest Version command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Check Out command allows you to check out the latest version of a files in the selected folder. You can then modify the files. The Check Out command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Check In/Commit command allows you commit changes made to local files found in the selected folder or one of its sub-folders back into the repository. The Check In command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Undo Check Out command allows you to undo the check out and not modify the contents of the file found in the selected folder or its subfolders in the repository or change the version number. The Undo Check Out command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Show Differences command opens the Diff dialog box to examine the differences between versions of a folder. The Show Differences command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Show History command opens the History Explorer to examine past versions to a tree or repository. The Show History command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The History Favorites->Edit Favorites command opens the Edit History Favorites dialog that allows you to manage saved queries.

The History Favorites->(Saved Query) command invokes a specific named query and displays it in the History Explorer dialog..

The Show Labels command opens the Show Labels dialog to examine labels that have been applied to the currently selected folder, labels that have been created recursively below that folder or labels inherited by that folder.

The Share command allows you to make the selected folder appear in two distinct places in the repository. The Share command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Branch command allows you to either Share Branch or Copy Branch. A Share Branch allows you to break a link for a shared item; creating a separate item at the location it was shared. A Copy Branch allows you to branch any item, whether it is shared or not. The Branch command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Label command allows you to tag a version of a file or folder with a text string. The Label command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Pin command allows you pin a folder to its current version, disallowing any changes to the folder until it is unpinned.

The Cloak command allows you to specify that a folder should be ignored during recursive operations. For example, Get Latest Version operation will not get files from a cloaked folder unless the cloaked folder is specifically selected.

The Delete command allows you to delete the selected folder from the repository. The Delete command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Rename command allows the name of the selected folder to be changed. The item will be immediately renamed unless Auto-Commit has been turned off in the Check In Options.

The Move command allows the location of the selected folder to be changed. The item will be immediately moved unless Auto-Commit has been turned off in the Check In Options.

The Properties command allows you to view and modify the properties of the selected folder (Folder Properties).

The View File command allows you to view the latest version of a selected file without checking out or replacing the local copy of the file. The View File command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Edit File command allows you to check out and edit a selected file in a single operation. The Edit File command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Get Latest Version command allows you to retrieve a copy of the file from the Vault Professional server and place it in your working folder. If there is no current working folder, the Set Working Folder dialog box is displayed first since a working directory must exist before files are retrieved. The Get Latest Version command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Check Out command allows you to check out the latest version of the selected file. You can then modify the file or folder. The Check Out command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Check In/Commit command allows you to commit changes made to local files back into the repository. The Check In/Commit command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Undo Check Out command allows you to check in a file and not modify the contents of the file in the repository or change the version number. The Undo Check Out command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Show Differences command opens the Diff dialog box to examine the differences between versions of a file. The Show Differences command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Show Labels command opens the Show Labels dialog to examine labels that have been applied to the currently selected file.

The Show History command opens the History Explorer to examine past versions to a tree or repository. The Show History command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The History Favorites->Edit Favorites command opens the Edit History Favorites dialog that allows you to manage saved queries.

The History Favorites->(Saved Query) command invokes a specific named query and displays it in the History Explorer dialog..

The Show Merge command allows you to examine how Vault Professional automatically resolved the conflicts between two files, and to manually merge a file if it still needs merged.

The Resolve Merge Status command resets the status of a file from Needs Merge to Edited, which allows you to check in the file. If there are conflicts between the repository version and the working folder version, the merge will revert to the common ancestor of the lines which are in conflict. Use this command with caution.

The Share command allows you to make files appear in two distinct places in the repository. The Share command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Branch command allows you to either Share Branch or Copy Branch. A Share Branch allows you to break a link for a shared file; creating a separate file at the location it was shared. A Copy Branch allows you to branch any file, whether it is shared or not. The Branch command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Label command allows you to tag a version of a file with a text string. The Label command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Pin command allows you pin a file to its current version, disallowing any changes to the file until it is unpinned.

The Delete command allows you to delete the selected files from the repository. If multiple files are selected, they will all be deleted at the same time. The Delete command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Rename command allows the names of the selected file(s) to be changed.

The Properties command allows you to view and modify the properties of the selected file (File Properties).

Allows you to select all the entries in the Pending Change Set.

Copies all the currently selected entries in the Pending Change Set to the clipboard in a text format.

The Edit Item Comment allows you to add or edit the comment associated with this item (not the overall changeset comment).

The Check In/Commit command allows you to bring up the Check In/Commit dialog box containing the selected items in the pending list and then commit them to the repository.

The Undo command allows you to check in a file and not modify the contents of the file in the repository or change the version number. The Undo command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Shelve Selected Operations command allows you to create a Shelve Set and store it in the Vault databases without first needing to check in your changes. The Shelve Set can later be unshelved so you can work on it further. The Shelve All command can be found on the Pending Change Set Toolbar.

The Show Differences command opens the Diff dialog box to examine the differences between versions of a file. The Show Differences command can also be found on the Toolbar.

The Show Merge command allows you to examine how Vault Professional automatically resolved the conflicts between two files.

The Resolve Merge Status command resets the status of a file from Needs Merge to Edited, which allows you to check in the file.

The Delete command allows you to delete a selected label. You will be prompted to confirm the label deletion. Once confirmed, the label is removed from the repository.

This command is only available on labels that were created at the same file or folder the Show Labels command was invoked on.

The Rename command allows you to rename a label. The “rename” must maintain label “uniqueness” for all items in the label

This command is only available on labels that were created at the same file or folder the Show Labels command was invoked on.

The Promotion command brings up the Label Promotion dialog, which allows you to add or delete files to or from the label, and also allows you to change the version numbers of files associated with the label.

This command is only available on labels that were created at the same file or folder the Show Labels command was invoked on.

Closes the dialog

The Refresh command allows you to re-query the label to get updated results.

Invokes the diff command on the item listed in the menu item that is associated with the selected label.

Views the item listed in the menu item that is associated with the selected label. For a folder, this invokes a window that allows you to see the tree structure of the folder at the time it was labeled.

Gets the item listed in the menu item that is associated with the selected label.

A working folder is required to Get a label to the local disk. The Get dialog is displayed when getting the item, and you can choose to get the item to a different folder from that dialog.

If the folder the label is retrieved to is a working folder, it will update the state files to reflect the versions of the label, and will honor the Get options that apply to history Gets, for issues like overwriting existing files, timestamps, etc.

Shares the item listed in the menu item that is associated with the selected label at the version associated with label. This works same way as if it were shared from history, in that it shares the item, then pins it to the version it was shared from.

You can only share an item that is part of a label that has not been promoted.

Branches the item listed in the menu item that is associated with the selected label. This works same way as if it were branched from history at the version associated with the label.

You can only branch an item that is part of a label that has not been promoted.

Pinning / Unpinning an item associated with the selected label will operate as if the main object is pinned or unpinned using the label’s version.

You can only pin or unpin an item that is part of a label that has not been promoted

Invokes a dialog that allows you to change the text of the comment is associated with the selected label.  You can only edit label comments if you are the creator of the label or the “admin” user.

The Delete command marks the currently selected file or folder to be deleted from the label. Once deleted, the file or folder is not retrieved as part of the label. The deletion actually happens when the Save command is invoked.

This command is not available on the label root.

The Add command allows you to add files or folders to the label. Only files or folders that currently exist at the selected folder in the repository can be added to the label. You can select any folder in the label to add files or folders to. If there are no new files or folders to be added, a dialog will be displayed telling you so.

The add of the files or folder actually happens when the Save command is invoked.

This command is not available when a file is the current selection.

The Change Version command allows you to change the version of a file associated with the label. When invoked, a dialog is displayed showing all the versions of the selected file, and you can choose which new version you want to associate with the label.

The version number change actually happens when the Save command is invoked

This command is not available when a file is the current selection.

The Save command saves the label’s edited contents. The changes to be saved are listed in the bottom pane of the window

The Close command will close the Label Promotion window, offering to save any unsaved changes first.

The Refresh command gets the latest version of the label from the server, and updates the tree view and file list.

The Refresh command allows you to re-query the server with the same filter/sort criteria, showing you changes in history made since the history window was first invoked.

The Act Recursively command is a toggle that shows whether the current query is a recursive query, and allows you to change the value, and re-query with the value toggled from how it is currently set.

The History Diff command allows you to compare a version with a previous version or the working folder. If two versions have been selected, the command retrieves both versions and compares them against each other using the default Diff Program. If only one version is selected, the History Diff dialog will be displayed to allow you to choose which version you want to diff against.

If a file is selected, the History View command allows you to retrieve the selected version and display its contents by launching the appropriate editor.

View is not supported for an entire folder.

The History Get command gets the version that corresponds to the current selection. For example, if the current selection is a file check in, it retrieves the version associated with that check in. If the current selection is a folder, it retrieves the files (and their versions) that existed at the time of that folder version. Files are retrieved to their working folders by default.

The Details command allows you to see the details for the entire check in, including the other files included in that file version’s check in, of the selected file by displaying the Version Details dialog box.

The Pin command allows you to pin the selected item.

The Unpin command allows you to unpin the selected item.

History Share works similarly to the regular Share command except that it works on a historical version of a file or folder instead of sharing the most recent version.

In the case of a file, it will share the file to a new location, and then pin it to the version you have selected in the list. For folders, it will share the folder to a new location and pin the folder to the version that was selected.

A History Share will always pin the file or folder being shared even if it is the most recent version. If the file or folder being shared is already shared, it will merely add the new file or folder as another link in the shared file.

The Branch command allows you to branch on the selected file or folder at the version that is selected. You cannot branch a deleted file or folder.

The Label command allows you to label the selected file or folder at the version that is selected. You cannot label a deleted file or folder.

The History Rollback command is a non-destructive way to make a previous version the current version. It checks out the file at the version selected and checks in that file as the latest version. A rollback does not break a share.

Rollback is not available when the file is pinned.

The History Check Out command is used to check out a file while simultaneously retrieving the selected version. This only allows a single checkout at a time.

The Contents command will bring up the Help files opened to the History Explorer.

The About SourceGear Vault Professional command will show you the version number and the current locale.