I think your problem is likely to be with the mappings. This is a reasonably common issue.
Taking your details
Workspace root: C:\Documents and Settings\wtansill\Perforce\wtansill_localhost_1666
File dir under root: C:\Documents and Settings\wtansill\Perforce\wtansill_localhost_1666\tunnel_files
View mappings:
//tunnel/... //wtansill_localhost_1666/tunnel/...
//tunnel/* //wtansill_localhost_1666/tunnel/*
With the details above, the line
//tunnel/... //wtansill_localhost_1666/tunnel/...
means that you need to place the files you wish to add into the root of your workspace plus the directory tunnel eg.
C:\Documents and Settings\wtansill\Perforce\wtansill_localhost_1666\tunnel
rather than
C:\Documents and Settings\wtansill\Perforce\wtansill_localhost_1666\tunnel_files
where you seem to have put them. A way around this is
- Create the tunnel folder in the correct place (and any subfolders)
Remove the final folder from your workspace mapping so
//tunnel/... //wtansill_localhost_1666/tunnel/...
becomes
//tunnel/... //wtansill_localhost_1666/...
this would mean anything under
C:\Documents and Settings\wtansill\Perforce\wtansill_localhost_1666\tunnel_files
would be mapped to //tunnel/tunnel_files which is I think what you want.
Hope this helps.
From the "View" menu, select "Workspaces". You'll see all of the workspaces you've created. Select the workspaces you want to delete and click "Edit" -> "Delete Workspace", or right-click and select "Delete Workspace". If the workspace is "locked" to prevent changes, you'll get an error message.
To unlock the workspace, click "Edit" (or right-click and click "Edit Workspace") to pull up the workspace editor, uncheck the "locked" checkbox, and save your changes. You can delete the workspace once it's unlocked.
In my experience, the workspace will continue to be shown in the drop-down list until you click on it, at which point p4v will figure out you've deleted it and remove it from the list.
Best Answer
The "File(s) not in client view" error indicates that the folder the files you're trying to add are in, is not part of your mapped workspace. Either you don't have anything mapped in your workspace view, or the place your files are, is not the place Perforce is controlling.
One thing you can do is to right-click on the depot directory in the depot view, and select "show in explorer". The folder that opens is where Perforce expects your files to be.
I should explain: A Perforce repository is not like an FTP site, where you copy files from the local place to the remote place. To add a file to Perforce, you put it where you want it to be in your local copy of the depot, and then tell Perforce to start tracking it (with
p4 add). The addition does not move or copy the file. (Of course, the file content does get copied to the Perforce server... but logically, you're putting the file in your workspace, not having Perforce do that for you.)