Request for FAQ items (11-4-98)
Mark Michaelis
and their answers. When posting please take care to use the following
protocol.
1. Post all items within this thread. That way we can keep them all
together. As the thread gets bigger I will consolidate it and
re-post.
2. Include the question at the top of you post.
3. Don't post only questions. An FAQ without answers is pretty
pointless. If you don't know the answer first post the question in a
new thread. Once the question is answered propose it be included in
the FAQ.
4. As questions and answers are posted be the editor for the answers.
Avoid re-writing the entire answer but instead change the initial
answer to be the best it can be. Where there are multiple answers
place them in separate paragraphs and indicate there are several
possibilities.
5. Do not include a "prefix for quoted lines" as part of your edit
or post. We can continue to have the previous message be quoted but
not the currently proposed FAQ item. This way when we are finished we
can simply cut and past the items into an HTML page.
6. Limit each post to one question.
The current FAQ rough draft follows:
Visual SourceSafe Frequently Asked Questions
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Disclaimer
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blah blah blah (for copyright etc...) ?
F.A.Q.
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General
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1. Where can I find a list of known bugs in VSS?
Go to MS support online and search for "ssafe kbbug" in the "Support &
the Knowledge Base" category. Be sure to change the search criteria
to "All words"
2. What was fixed by Service Pack 3 for Visual Studio?
Search MS online support for vs97fixlistsp3.
3. Is VSS Y2K compliant?
VSS 5.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/topics/year2k/product/user_view5821EN.htm
VSS 6.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/topics/year2k/product/user_view6418EN.htm
4. VSS System Capacities -- database/file sizes, no of users?
See KBA: Q138298 at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q138/2/98.asp
Administration
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1. How can I access VSS from a remote sight?
a) Set up a VPN connection between the two locations or
b) Purchase a third party product like SourceSafeOffsite (
http://www.sourcesafeoffsite.com) or netVSS ( http://www.pathware.com)
or
c) Dial in using RAS. For additional information about using VSS over
a RAS or ISDN check out kba Q158219 (
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q158/2/19.asp )
2. How do I convert my PVCS archive to VSS?
Use the supplied conversion utility pvcs_ss.exe. Note that this will
not work with long file names.
3. How do I get all users out of VSS in order to perform a backup?
The easy way is to have everyone access SS via a share. Then you can
pause the share, eliminating any new access, send out a message that
users are about to be dropped, then delete the share, dropping all
users. Once you're done, you can re-establish the share.
4. VSS performance is extremely slow.
a) This could be caused by having too many entries in one of the ini
files. Try create a directory structure on disk which matches the VSS
project tree. That way you only need an entry in your ini file for
each tip project.
5. How can I put revision history information in the source files?
See 'keyword expansion' in the VSS online help.
6. How do I 'get' with respect to a label?
Need to use the '-v' switch with an 'L' after it to indicate a label,
e.g. (-R is for recursive)
ss get $\project -vLmylabel -R
7. Does VSS 6.0 support NT's built-in security?
No. (More info needed!)
8. Automating builds using VSS
See the excellent site developed by Chuck Kollars:
http://www.shore.nt/~ckollars/autobld.html
9. How do I move a database or project from one location to another?
See KBA Q123467(
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/9/09.asp)
10. How can I create a new project?
See KBA
Q176909(http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q123/4/67.asp)
OLE Automation
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1. Is there an API for VSS? Where can I get it?
VSS provides an OLE Automation interface. Details can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/downloads/samples.asp
2. What platforms can I automate VSS using OLE?
See KBA:
Q157983(http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q157/9/83.asp)
3. Where can I find the SSSCC API?
Microsoft discourages the use of the SSSCC API. Instead they propose
you use the OLE Automation interface. Contact Microsoft directly if
you still need to use the SSCC API.
4. Does VSS OLE Automation support label comments?
VSS 6.0 fully supports label comments. Label comments, however, are
not available in VSS 5.0. For more information check out KBA Q176353
(http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/3/53.asp)
5. Does VSS OLE Automation support pinning?
Neither VSS 5.0 nor VSS 6.0 support pinning via the OLE Automation
interface. In order to implement this you will need to use the
command line.
Other sources of info:
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VSS Home Page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/
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Thanks to the following people:
Dave Bush (da...@pathmedx.com)
Chris Adams (chr...@nh.ultranet.com)
Weston Morris (weston...@unisys.com)
Charles Wilson (wil...@metrowerks.com)
Michale Kelley (mke...@micros.com)
Chuck Kollars (ckol...@shore.net)
David Bancroft (dav...@hotmail.com)
Joe Masters (joe.m...@techie.com)
Philippe Tusler (philipp...@unisys.com)
Mark Michaelis
1. How can I access VSS from a remote sight?
a) Set up a VPN connection between the two locations or
b) Purchase a third party product like SourceSafeOffsite (
http://www.sourceoffsite.com/) or netVSS ( http://www.pathware.com)
or
c) Dial in using RAS. For additional information about using VSS over
a RAS or ISDN check out kba Q158219 (
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q158/2/19.asp )
>1. How can I access VSS from a remote sight?
>
>a) Set up a VPN connection between the two locations or
>b) Purchase a third party product like SourceSafeOffsite (
>http://www.sourcesafeoffsite.com) or netVSS ( http://www.pathware.com)
>or
>c) Dial in using RAS. For additional information about using VSS over
>a RAS or ISDN check out kba Q158219 (
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q158/2/19.asp )
>
>
On Wed, 04 Nov 1998 15:46:06 GMT, ma...@michaelis.net (Mark Michaelis)
wrote:
[snip]
Mark Michaelis
wrote:
Given the number of people that will potentially be contributing to
this do we really want to maintain a list? How 'bout we just say
thanks to all the microsoft.public.visual.sourcesafe readers for their
help in creating and maintaining the FAQ?
Mark
[snip]
Dave
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Administration:
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8. Automating builds using VSS
See the excellent site developed by Chuck Kollars:
http://www.shore.net/~ckollars/autobld.html
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Dave