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Get Dialog Box

Retrieves the latest or specified version of an item.

To display the Get dialog box, right-click multiple items or a single item with child items and select Get Latest Version or Get Version.

Toolbar Buttons

The toolbar buttons provide quick access to commands that are also available on the right-click menu.

SLW_select_files.gif Select Files Opens the Select Files dialog box, where you can specify a wildcard pattern to select items.
SLW_open_file_list.gif Open File List Opens a list of items in Microsoft Excel.
SLW_save_files.gif Save File List Lets you save the item list as a comma-separated .txt file.
slw_references_expanded2 Version of references
Select the versions of referenced files (if any) to use. Click one:
  • Referenced version
  • Latest version
item_show_hide_files Show or hide files

Toggles the display of file links.

Files to get

The list contains the candidate items and files to retrieve.

To show or hide columns, right-click in the list and select Columns > column_name.
File Name

Item ID or file name.

Result
Expected operation result:
OK Operation will succeed.
info Additional status information.
warning Warning conditions exist. Your administrator can configure which warnings block operations.
error Operation is blocked.
To quickly locate files with warnings or errors, click Ctrl + the up-arrow or down-arrow on the numeric keypad.
Get

Select items and files you want to retrieve.

Local Ver.

The first number is the local (cached) version, or a hyphen (-) if locally modified. The second number is the latest version in the vault. For example, 4/6 means version 4 of 6. The text is bold if the operation will change your local version.

Version

Version you are retrieving.

Checked Out By

User who has the item or file checked out, or blank if not checked out. If you have an item checked out and retrieve an older version, you are prompted to confirm the operation. You can then edit the item and check it in to create a new version.

Checked Out In

Computer and local folder where the item or file is checked out, or blank if not checked out.

Found in

Vault folder containing the item or file.

State

Workflow state of the item or file, such as Under Editing or Waiting for approval.



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