Version Control Questions

Hi everyone,
Can somebody please tell me how to create a copy of a project
that can be opened, edited, etc. without affecting the project we
have in Visual SourceSafe? We are trying to create printed
documentation from our CHM files, and rather than playing around
with our working project, we want to test a copy first. I copied
the project in Explorer, opened it and got a dialog box regarding
SourceSafe options. We went to File -> Remove from Version
Control, and that removed the working project from SourceSafe.
All I want is a copy of the project to play around with until
we get it to look like we want, and then make the changes in the
working project.

I'm having version control woes as well. I'm working with a
CHM project that I created with RH6 and had under Visual Source
Safe control, then reopened today (after a year) with RH 7. Of
course it took FOREVER to check out and convert to RH 7 and RH
crashed in the middle during the conversion so I had to reopen,
recheck out files, etc. Ever since, I've been running into a lot of
odd things, like files that it won't check in because (according to
VSS), they are currently checked out twice, files that remain
checked out in VSS even after I do a "Check In All" from RoboHelp,
graphics that I've added to topics that aren't getting added to the
project OR VSS, and while they appear in Preview, don't appear in
compiled output. Suffice it to say: There are definite "issues"
going on between RH and VSS.
I'm considering removing the entire project from source
control (from within RH, of course), then going into VSS and doing
an "Undo Checkout" for all the files that RH is not checking in for
some reason, then deleting all project files in VSS (with "Destroy
Permanently" but keep local copy settings), and then REadding the
project to VSS from within RH.
Does this sound like a reasonable approach? I don't need to
keep any history on these files because they have not been
published yet. But I do need to get on with this project and I
think perhaps because of the RoboHelp upgrade to 7, that I need to
somehow get a fresh start in source control...?
Advice appreciated!
kc

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