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Q181089: INFO: Dialog Box Appears Even When No Conflicts Exist

Article: Q181089
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you check in a file, the following dialog box is displayed even if there
are no conflicts:

  Have any conflicts in <filename> been properly resolved?

CAUSE
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Visual SourceSafe does not know whether there are any conflicts or not. The
program recognizes that it is in a merge situation and the user is prompted to
resolve any possible conflicts. This is a safety mechanism and if there are no
conflicts the user should always select Yes.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a text file to use for testing and name the file Test.txt.

2. In Visual SourceSafe have User1 check out and make changes to the Test.txt
  file.

3. Next, have a Guest user check out the Test.txt file.

4. Now have User1 check in Test.txt.

5. After User1 checks in Test.txt, have the Guest to use "Get" to obtain the
  latest version of the file.

6. The Guest now checks in the latest version of Test.txt and the dialog box
  appears.

  This behavior is by design and there is not a way to disable this feature.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe500
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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