Removing files from Source Code Control

[Chris R]

I have 420 seperate Vi's that form a project that is part of the LabVIEW inbuilt source code control , however due to test equipment problems I now need to have two slightly different versons of the same project and ideally they will be installed on local machines (currently on network drive) for the time being. Problem is even when I copy the files from the network to the local machine they are still governed bt SCC ie I have to check them in and out. What I really want to do is extract the 420 Vi's from SCC and copy them to a location of my choosing and then I can make changes and save multiple versions. Can this be done ?

[xferrer]

I think it could be possible if you try to get all files from the SCC server to your local machine and then you copy all the files (in check out state) to your desired destination. Then, with the new folder, create a new project in the SCC and add all files. This will allow you to control two projects separately that are the same but with different versions. I hope it help you.

[Chris R]

Ok I found a solution that may help others in a similar situation. What I did was to make a local copy of the Vi's in SCC. This local copy is still governed by SCC. Then I wrote a little LabVIEW code to simply go through every Vi in the local directory and alter the Edit property to True and the Locked property to False, this effectively gives me a local copy that isn't governed by SCC whilst also retaining the copy in SCC , just what I wanted to do