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Q158430: FIX: VSS 4.x Integration with VC 4.x under Windows NT 4.0

Article: Q158430
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 4.0 4.0a 4.1 4.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe400fixkbbuglist kbfixlist
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a 
- Microsoft Visual C++, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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Under Windows NT 4.0, the SourceSafe integration with Visual C++ may not work
correctly. When using a source-code control action in Visual C++, you may
experience one or more of the following symptoms:

1. Visual C++ hangs or locks up.

2. Blank dialog boxes appear in Visual C++.

3. Dialog boxes do not appear.

4. Dialog boxes contain unreadable text/symbols.

RESOLUTION
==========

The SourceSafe SSSCC.DLL needs to be updated to SSSCC.DLL version 1310. To
obtain this DLL, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q151411 UPD: New Version of Ssscc.dll Available

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual SourceSafe
patch SSSCC.DLL version 1310 for Windows.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe400fix kbbuglist kbfixlist
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbVC400 kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC410 kbVC420 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe400a
Version           : 4.0 4.0a 4.1 4.2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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