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Q304539: BUG: Deploying Web Project by Label Returns "Version Not Found"

Article: Q304539
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSExplorer kbDSupport kbGrpDSSSafe
Last Modified: 11-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are attempting to deploy a labeled version of a SourceSafe web project,
use of ss deploy returns "Version not found" and does not deploy the files.

RESOLUTION
==========

Use the ss get command with the -gl (to specify the deployment path) and -vl (to
specify the labeled version) switches to deploy to a drive or UNC path. For
example:

  ss get $/"<project name>" -vl"<test label>" -gl"<deployment
  path>"

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

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a project named "Projecta" (without the quotation marks) in Visual
  SourceSafe.

2. Add files to the project.

3. Use the Admin utility to designate Projecta as a Web project (go to the Tools
  menu, click Options, and then click the Web Projects tab) and set the
  deployment path to "C:\test" (without the quotation marks).

4. Add a label "testlabel" to Projecta.

5. From the Vss/Win32 folder run the command line:

  ss deploy $/Projecta -vltestlabel

REFERENCES
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For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q169260 HOWTO: No Command Line Equivalent for Some Web Features

  Q240052 HOWTO: Specifying a VSS Database Using the Command Line

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSExplorer kbDSupport kbGrpDSSSafe 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe32bitSearch
Version           : :5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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