Visual Source Safe Hell

[ashishraj14]

I am having loads of problem using vb.net project under visual source safe. I’ll start with

How can I exclude source safe information from the project when I take a copy of project home? I don’t have source safe on my home pc. Every time I open project at home it gives me missing source safe file error. This is really annoying. How can I fix this?

Thanks

 

[Korach]

Clear all files contain "scc", and make them writeable. When I did it, every time I open the project it just shows a message about a forgotten source control, but it works.

 

[chiph]

We stopped using VSS because of problems like this.

Try Subversion: subversion.tigris.org

It's mostly command-line driven, but it's very easy to use because the only commands you use on a daily basis are svn update and svn commit.

If you just have have a GUI, there's a windows-shell extension called TortoiseSVN.

Chip H.


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[ashishraj14]

I tried deleting all "scc" file and making all other file writeable, but the message box is really annoying every time you open the project.

Sometimes I like just trashing away source control, alas I am not decision maker!

 

[PankajBanga]

You can unbind the project before taking a copy of it for your home use. Following are the step

1. Create a copy of your project.
2. Open the copied project.
3. Click File --> Source Control --> Change Source Control
4. In Change Source Control window select Disconnect and then press OK. This is will disconnect you from source control.
5. Click again on File --> Source Control --> Change Source Control
6. In Change Source Control window select Unbind, press Unbind on the message box and press OK. This will unbind you from the source control.
7. Save the project.
8. You can now use the project any where with intervention of annoying message box when you open your project.

Hope this helps.

 

[PankajBanga]

Sorry missed out something

Once the project is unbounded, make sure you set the read only property of contents in the folder to false.

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Wow, I've been using SS for years and love it. Tortoise is way too much of a head ache if you ask me. Atleast for office app developement, it works better for distributed group developement where the developers are not in nearly so close communication.

If you want to take an app home, copy it to your medium of choice, when you get home, select all the files, open properties, and turn off the "Read Only" tag. work away. Come into the office the next morning, check out the project, copy your files over it, and check it back in. Done.

-Rick

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