• Using Visual SourceSafe - How to manage users

    Nov 07, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial Visual SourceSafe (VSS) users are based on VSS databases. When a VSS database is created, there will be two default users added to the database: Admin and Guest. As the database administrator, we need to add user accounts for all...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Integrating VSS with SQL Server 2008

    Oct 31, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial Visual SourceSafe can be integrated with SQL Server Management Studio 2008 to facilitate team activities and enable parallel development. We can version control Table, Stored Procedure, Trigger, Rule, etc. in SQL Server 2008. We cannot directly version control the SQL...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Integrating VSS with Access 2003

    Oct 29, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial In previous article, I wrote about how to integrate SourceSafe with Access 2007. This time, I will write about integrating SourceSafe with Access 2003. There is common information in the previous article. Please take a look at that article first...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Integrating VSS with Access 2007

    Oct 29, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial With Access Source Code Control add-in, Visual SourceSafe can be integrated into MS Access to source control Access queries, forms, reports, macros, modules and data. SourceSafe stores each Access objects as a text file. When you add an Access object...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Label

    Oct 28, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial Label Introduction Visual SourceSafe allows you to define a label for a file or project version. A label is a short and concise description given for purposes of identification, for example, “3.0Beta” or “Release”. Label is one way in Visual...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI) Registry Entries

    Oct 24, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial MSSCCI Registry Structure How to Edit/View the Registry Improvement in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008   MSSCCI Registry Structure MSSCCI uses registry to organize multiple SCC providers. There are 3 elements in the registry: 1. The provider specific registry entries...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Cloak

    Oct 16, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial Cloak is a useful little function in version control. It allows us to specify the projects to be ignored during recursive operations such as Get, Check In, Check Out, and Undo Check Out. Why Cloak Some of the subprojects may...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Branch

    Oct 16, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial As we talked about in our last post Share, share is only a small function in version control. It should be combined with Branch to play a greater role. This article will talk about the following topics: Introduction to Branch,...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Switching Visual Studio projects from SourceSafe to other SCC providers

    Oct 15, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial If you previously used SourceSafe to source control your Visual Studio projects and then find a better source control tool, you may need to switch the projects under SourceSafe to the new SCC (source code control) provider. In the following...

  • Using Visual SourceSafe - Share

    Sep 28, 2008  Version Control

    This article is a part of SourceSafe / VSS Tutorial In version control, Share enables files to be shared among multiple projects. It creates share links among these projects, so that the item can be viewed in all projects. If an item is modified in one project, the changes will...