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Q155054: PRB: Visual SourceSafe Occasionally Saves .FRX File as Text

Article: Q155054
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 4.00
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp kbVBp400
Last Modified: 07-DEC-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Visual SourceSafe will sometimes save a Visual Basic form's binary file (.FRX)
as text rather than binary, depending on the objects placed on the Visual Basic
form.

If this "text" version of the .FRX file is checked out, and the program is run or
the form is modified, an "Illegal Operation" error will result in either
OLE32.DLL, SSSCC.DLL or KERNEL32.DLL.

NOTE: This problem is not reproducible in Visual Basic 4.0a/Visual SourceSafe
4.0a.

RESOLUTION
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To force a particular file type to be treated as binary, the following line
should be added to the SRCSAFE.INI file on the server:

     Binary_Masks = *.frx

This .INI information can be added by using the "File Types" tab found by
choosing Options from the Tools menu.

STATUS
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WARNING: The information in this article has not been confirmed or tested by
Microsoft. Some or all of the information in this article has been taken from
unconfirmed customer reports. ANY USE BY YOU OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS
ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this information "as is" without
warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to
the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular
purpose.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q132892 SourceSafe May Modify Some Files


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVBp kbVBp400 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe400 kbSSafe16bitSearch kbSSafe32bitSearch
Version           : 4.00
Issue type        : kbprb

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