Q142823: INFO: Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide to Visual SourceSafe

Article: Q142823
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0; :
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbusage kbVBp400
Last Modified: 14-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article includes information that can be of use to anyone wishing to take
advantage of the source code control features found in Microsoft Visual Basic
version 4.0 for Windows, and specifically integration with Microsoft Visual
SourceSafe, version 4.0. The following sections are covered:

- Useful Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Knowledge Base articles

- Visual SourceSafe and Electronic Information



This information is current for version 4.0 of Visual Basic and for version 4.0
of Visual SourceSafe. Previous versions of both Visual Basic and SourceSafe do
not support integration.

MORE INFORMATION
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Useful Visual SourceSafe Knowledge Base Articles
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The following list includes articles that are useful in performing setup of
Visual SourceSafe, verifying/utilizing integration of Visual SourceSafe with
Visual Basic, and general usage of Visual SourceSafe.

Setup/Installation
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  Q135995 -- FAQ: Visual SourceSafe Integration w/Visual Basic 4.0
  Q133018 -- Visual SourceSafe Setup Registration Settings



  The README.WRI file that ships with Visual SourceSafe is also an excellent
  and timely source of installation information.

Using Visual Basic with Visual SourceSafe
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  Q136399 -- Visual Basic and SourceCode Control Glyphs
  Q135720 -- PRB: Moving Project in SourceSafe Explorer Causes Error in VB
  Q136401 -- PRB: Visual SourceSafe "Invalid Data Path" Error
  Q137017 -- Visual Basic 4.0 File Types & Version Control Recommendations
  Q136400 -- Changing Visual SourceSafe User Name in Visual Basic
  Q135994 -- PRB: Visual SourceSafe Explorer Checks Out .FRM without .FRX
  Q135357 -- PRB: Sync Between Visual SourceSafe and VB Is Delayed

General Usage
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  Q134369 -- Microsoft SourceSafe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  Q131895 -- SourceSafe Knowledge Base Available as Help File
  Q132922 -- Sharing SourceSafe Files
  Q132923 -- Sharing SourceSafe Projects
  Q132921 -- Branching or Separating SourceSafe Files and Projects
  Q132971 -- Merging SourceSafe Files
  Q133054 -- Detecting and Fixing Database Corruption Errors in SourceSafe

Visual SourceSafe and Electronic Information
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The World Wide Web For Developer's Only Home Page offers useful information for
all Microsoft developer products. Within it you can connect to home pages
dedicated to either Visual Basic or Visual SourceSafe and connect to dedicated
pages for the Knowledge Base. To access this home page, connect to:

  http://www.microsoft.com/DevOnly


This web site contains rich content and award-winning services.

- Microsoft Frequently Asked Questions

- Microsoft Software Library

- Microsoft Knowledge Base

- Microsoft Wish

- Microsoft Member BBSs (MSN only)

The Microsoft Support Desktop offers information from Microsoft Technical Support
for all Microsoft products, including the full Knowledge Base. To access this
information, connect to:

  http://www.microsoft.com/Support



Additional query words: srcsafe ssafe

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbusage kbVBp400 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVB16bitSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0; :
Issue type        : kbinfo

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