VI and VSS integration hell!

[Kelmen Wong]

Greetings SSer,

I'm posting about my own experience, hope it can help others.

What I wanted to do is setup a Web project, with integration of VI and
VSS.
What I got is VI 6, VSS 6, SP 5. My PC is a W2K Server. I login using
LAN account instead of local account. The Web site I'm intend to use
is local but non-port-80.

According to what I found from the NG:
1) Ensure FPSE is installed.
2) Ensure the permission is setup properly in Web site (local) and VSS
accounts.
3) Ensure the "Use external" is available in the ISM\Server
Extension\Version Control\dropdown list.

My nighmarish path that I taken to finally get it setup to what I
want:
1) Dunno how and where to identify the installation of the FPSE.
Through some posts' suggestion, I located the file fpsrvadm.exe with 2
results:
--"\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\version3.0\bin"
--"\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server
Extensions\40\bin".
Based on the post suggestion, I fool around with the 1st item, and it
help achieve nothing. Only the 2nd give me some "positive" result.

Running the console app, you may attempt these options: upgrade, full
uninstall.
Don't bother with the install option. If the FPSE is installed
properly, you can do the installation in ISM. You should be able to
see a "Server Extensions" tab in the Web site property page. When
right click on the ISM\-Web site-\All Taks, you get:
a) Configure Server Extensions
--Install the FPSE, use this instead of the console app, because I
can't figure out how to install FPSE on a non-80-port Web site!
b) Check Server Extensions
--The FPSE is properly installed already.

2) Well, I have no problem with the permission stuff as I been on NT
platform few years already. I set the Web site use Anonymous and Basic
Authentication, and set it to have at least Script permission. But the
"Use external" still no where to be seen.

I attempted the VI steps: Open up a solution, Project\Source
Control\Add to Source Safe -or- Change Connection. I keep on getting
error. By checking the Event Viewer, it shows that:
...User "kelmen" not found

3) One of the posts I read give me impression that SourceSafe is using
the default database (Common), but I created my own although it's on
same server.

And I tinker around the srcsafe.ini in the "\Program Files\Microsoft
Visual Studio\Common\VSS\". And walla! After I modified below
settings, everythings are on track!
...
Data_Path = My_Path\data
Temp_Path = My_Path\temp
Users_Path = My_Path\users
Users_Txt = My_Path\users.txt
...

I got the "Use external" shown up, and no more permission glitches! It
takes me
about few days for T&T!

HTH.

ISM: Internet Service Manager

[Weston Morris]

Thanks for the post Kelmen. It seems the most common problem with VID
integration is the permissions. The model used in VS.NET is cleaner.

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