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Q279228: FIX: OLE Automation Created w/VSS 5.0 Does Not Work on VSS 6.0

Article: Q279228
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbAutomation kbSSafe600bug kbSSafe600fix kbDSupport kbGrpDSSSafe kbVS600sp5fix
Last Modified: 25-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
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If Visual SourceSafe (VSS) OLE Automation code is created on a computer that has
VSS 5.0 installed and is then run on a computer that has VSS 6.0 installed, the
code does not work.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for
Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the article
numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

  Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

You can download the latest Visual Studio service pack from the following
Microsoft Web site:

  Visual Studio Product Updates
  (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp)

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a Microsoft Visual C++ OLE Automation program, such as the one located
  on the following Microsoft Web site at:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/downloads/vsstree.zip

2. Compile this program on a computer that has version 5.0 of SourceSafe
  (ssapi.dll) installed.

3. Run the executable file on another computer that has VSS 6.0 installed.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbAutomation kbSSafe600bug kbSSafe600fix kbDSupport kbGrpDSSSafe kbVS600sp5fix 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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