Check Out dialog

The Check Out dialog appears when you choose File > Check Out... menu command.

To check out a file, enter its version number. Alternatively, you can also click the associated configuration name of a version from the Configuration List on the right. The list also contains branch configuration names. Note that configuration names that begin with

HEAD_ refer to branches.
SNiFF+ uses your Default Configuration to enter the default version of the file in the Version field. See also Default Configuration

Exclusive Lock | Checks out the specified version of the file to the Private Working Environment and puts an exclusive lock on the file in the version tool. An exclusive lock means that nobody else can lock the same version. The working file status is set to writable.
Concurrent Lock | Checks out the specified version of the file to the Private Working Environment and locks the file in the version tool in such a way that others can also lock the same branch of the file. The working file status is set to writable. For systems like RCS that do not support concurrent locking, no lock is set at all. Only the first developer who checks in a concurrently locked file can directly check in the file -- all others have to merge their versions back instead of checking them in.
No Lock | Checks out the specified version of the file to the Private Working Environment. The status of the working file is set to read-only. No lock is set on the file.

| Note
| For the SCCS version control system, the Check Out dialog contains the New Branch check box for creating a branch from the version of the file that you are checking out. However, due to limitations in SCCS, you cannot attach a symbolic name to head versions of branches.