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Q163407: HOWTO: Use OLE Automation with Visual SourceSafe

Article: Q163407
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbAutomation kbSSafe500 kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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Visual SourceSafe version 5.0 is an OLE automation server and can be called
programmatically from within Visual FoxPro. This article describes how to invoke
the OLE server and demonstrates some simple functionality.

MORE INFORMATION
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Assuming that Visual SourceSafe Version 5.0 is installed, and that Tastrade.pjx
has been added to a SourceSafe database, the following code sample will check
out main.prg to the current Visual FoxPro default directory:

        oSSafe = CREATEOBJECT("SourceSafe")

        * Syntax is object.open(path to srcsafe.ini, username, password)
        oSSafe.open("C:\vss\srcsafe.ini","guest","")

        * The next 2 lines show some of the object's properties
        ? oSSafe.username
        ? oSSafe.currentproject

        * The next line assumes FoxApps is the Visual SourceSafe project and
        * Tastrade is a subproject
        oFile = oSSafe.vssitem("$/FoxApps/Tastrade/main.prg")
        oFile.Checkout()
        oFile.Checkin()

For more information on the Visual SourceSafe object model, you can use a tool
such as the Visual Basic object browser. Documentation is also available on the
World Wide Web at:

  http://www.microsoft.com/ssafe

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbAutomation kbSSafe500 kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbSSafe500
Issue type        : kbhowto

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