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Article: Q141398
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0; winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500fix kbVC400
Last Modified: 03-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, version 4.0, on platform(s):
   - the hardware: MIPS 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 4.0, on platform(s):
   - the hardware: MIPS 
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SYMPTOMS
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As shipped, Visual SourceSafe 4.0 running on the MIPS platform does not work
properly with the MIPS Developers Studio IDE. As a result, the Source Control
item does not appear on the Tools menu.

This problem only occurs on the MIPS version of Developer Studio 4.0.

CAUSE
=====

This is due to a bug in the Visual SourceSafe file Ssscc.dll. This bug was
discovered after the release of Visual SourceSafe 4.0 and before the release of
Visual C++ 4.0. The bug is corrected in the Ssscc.dll file supplied on the
\Msdev\Redist directory of the Visual C++ 4.0 for MIPS compact disc.

RESOLUTION
==========

To fix this problem, copy the Ssscc.dll file from the \Msdev\Redist directory of
the Developers Studio compact disc to the client computer's Visual SourceSafe
installation directory, replacing the version of Ssscc.dll that came with Visual
SourceSafe.

The incorrect version of Ssscc.dll that came with Visual SourceSafe is version
04.00.0816.

The corrected version of Ssscc.dll that comes with Visual C++ 4.0 for MIPS is
4.00.0912.

You should use File Manager's Search and Properties features to confirm that the
correct copy of the .dll file is placed on your computer in all locations that
Visual SourceSafe originally installed it.

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 problem has been fixed in Visual SourceSafe 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION
================

Both the file Vcread.wri and the Books Online readme discuss this problem and
the resolution.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500fix kbVC400 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0; winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Q141398: FIX: "Source Control" Does Not Appear in Tools Menu w/ MIPS