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Q238242: BUG: OLE Automation Returns "Element not found" Error

Article: Q238242
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbAutomation kbSSafe600bug kbDSupport kbBug kbGrpDSSSafe kbISS
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you connect to Visual SourceSafe (VSS) using OLE Automation, the following
error message appears:

  Element not found.

RESOLUTION
==========

The following two workarounds will resolve the problem described in the SYMPTOMS
section:

- Unregister the VSS 5.0 OLE Automation .dll and register the VSS 6.0 OLE
  Automation .dll using the following commands from a DOS prompt:

     regsvr32 /u <path to 5.0 ssapi.dll>
     regsvr32 <path to 6.0 ssapi.dll>

- Use early binding instead of late binding (See the REFERENCES section for
  more information on early binding).

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
================

This problem can exist in Visual Basic (VB), VBScript, WScript, or VC (if you
use the Class Wizard to wrap the DLL). The problem only happens on computers
that previously had SourceSafe 5.0 installed on them and then upgraded to
SourceSafe 6.0.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
---------------------------

1. Create a new VB project.

2. Add a button to the form and type the following in the Click event of the
  button:

     Dim objVSSDatabase
     Set objVSSDatabase = CreateObject("SourceSafe")
     objVSSDatabase.Open <"path to SourceSafe srcsafe.ini file\srcsafe.ini">,    <"login">, <"password">

3. Run the program and click the button you just added.

REFERENCES
==========

A Primer on Early Binding (or How to Make OLE Automation Faster)

  Q161983 ACC: Regsv32a.exe Available on MSL

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbAutomation kbSSafe600bug kbDSupport kbBug kbGrpDSSSafe kbISS 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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