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Q127061: FIX: Add File Dialog Forces Uppercase Filename

Article: Q127061
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 3.10
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbSSafe400fix kbSSafe300bug
Last Modified: 25-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you select a file with the SourceSafe.Add dialog with a mixed case name
under SS NT, it changes the name to all uppercase.

RESOLUTION
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Use the Windows File Manager and drag-and-drop to add the file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.
This bug was corrected in Visual SourceSafe version 4.0.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage kbSSafe400fix kbSSafe300bug 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe310NT
Version           : 3.10
Issue type        : kbbug kbprb
Solution Type     : kbfix

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