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Welcome to my SourceSafe Tutorial. If you have any comments regarding this VSS tutorial, feel free to send me an email.

 

Navigation Links:
Chapter 0: SourceSafe / VSS How To Series Introduction
Chapter 1: SourceSafe / VSS Basics
Chapter 2: SourceSafe / VSS Operations
Chapter 3: Integrating SourceSafe with other IDEs
Chapter 4: SourceSafe / VSS administration
Chapter 5: Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI)
Chapter 6: SourceSafe / VSS automation (SDK)
Chapter 7: How Tos

 

Chapter 0: SourceSafe / VSS How To Series Introduction

SourceSafe / VSS is a version control tool used by many Windows developers. Before I started to work on SourceAnywhere for VSS… (more…)

 

Chapter 1: SourceSafe / VSS Basics

• What is SourceSafe?

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, also called ‘VSS’, is a file-system-based source control tool from Microsoft… (more…) 

• Market Position of SourceSafe / VSS

As a member of Visual Studio product family, VSS is very popular among Windows developers. An IDC August 2004 ALM market report indicates… (more…)

• What can SourceSafe do?

In a nutshell, you can use VSS to keep your files, including the previous versions, in a central repository/database. Although VSS… (more…)

• Several Important Concepts in SourceSafe / VSS

VSS database/repository is the central place where all files, history, project structures, permission and user information are stored… (more…)

• Basic operations of SourceSafe / VSS

Add is the start point of all VSS file operations. Before you can do Get, Check In, Check Out or other operations, the file… (more…)

• Some Screenshots of SourceSafe / VSS

The following screenshots shows the typical interface of SourceSafe / VSS… (more…)

 

Chapter 2: SourceSafe / VSS Operations

• Working folder in SourceSafe / VSS

A working folder is the specified corresponding folders on a user’s local computer used to store files when working with VSS projects… (more…) 

• Add in SourceSafe / VSS

A file must be added in a VSS database first before you can do check in, check out and other operations. To add one or more files, you can… (more…)

• Get Latest in SourceSafe / VSS

The Get Latest Version command retrieves the latest or the pinned version of the files to our local disk. For pinned files… (more…)

• Check Out in SourceSafe / VSS

If we are checking out files (not a project), the Recursive and Build Tree options are not available. In VSS / SourceSafe 2005, we can check out… (more…)

• Lock-Modify-Unlock or Copy-Modify-Merge in SourceSafe / VSS

VSS supports two modes of work, Lock-Modify-Unlock and Copy-Modify-Merge. Lock-Modify-Unlock is the default style… (more…)

• File Diff in SourceSafe / VSS

File Diff is one of the important features that we use with a version control system. File Diff compares two files and shows the differences… (more…)

• File Merge in SourceSafe / VSS

File merge is the foundation of parallel development. Different team members can work on the same file at the same time and… (more…)

• Project Diff in SourceSafe / VSS

Project Difference compares two versions of a project and displays the comparison results. We can use it to see the differences… (more…)

• Share in SourceSafe / VSS

Share enables files to be shared among multiple projects. It creates share links among these projects, so that… (more…)

• Branch in SourceSafe / VSS

As we talked about in our last post Share, share is only a small function in VSS. It should be combined with Branch to play a greater role… (more…)

• Cloak in SourceSafe / VSS

Cloak is a useful little function in Visual SourceSafe. It allows us to specify the projects to be ignored during recursive operations such as… (more…)

• Label in SourceSafe / VSS

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… (more…)

 

Chapter 3: Integrating SourceSafe with other IDEs

• Using SourceSafe in Visual Studio 2005 & 2008

Visual SourceSafe can be integrated into Visual Studio to source control solution files, project files and application configuration files…(more…)

• Switching Visual Studio projects from SourceSafe to other SCC providers

If you previously used SourceSafe to source control your Visual Studio projects and then find a better source control tool, you may need to… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with Visual C++ 6.0

SourceSafe can be integrated into Visual C++ 6.0 to source control VC projects and files. To integrate SourceSafe with VC 6.0, we can… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with Visual Basic 6.0

SourceSafe can be integrated into Visual Basic 6.0 to source control the VB forms, modules, class modules, etc. To integrate SourceSafe with VB 6.0… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with Access 2007

With Access Source Code Control add-in, Visual SourceSafe can be integrated into MS Access to source control Access queries, forms, reports, macros… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with Access 2003

In previous article, I wrote about how to integrate SourceSafe with Access 2007. This time, I will write about integrating SourceSafe with Access 2003… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with SQL Server 2008

Visual SourceSafe can be integrated with SQL Server Management Studio 2008 to facilitate team activities and enable parallel development… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with SQL Server 2005

The Visual SourceSafe integration with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2005 is virtually identical to SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2008… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with Dreamweaver

Visual SourceSafe can be integrated into Dreamweaver to source control projects and files… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with Flash

Visual SourceSafe can be integrated into Flash (Professional edition only) to source control projects. To use source control functions, we should… (more…)

• Integrating SourceSafe / VSS with PowerBuilder

PowerBuilder was a popular tool for database front end development. I used PowerBuilder 6 about 10 years ago to develop a MIS application… (more…)

 

Chapter 4: SourceSafe / VSS administration

• How to backup & restore SourceSafe / VSS database

SourceSafe provides an Archive utility, with which we can periodically backup our VSS Database or projects and transport files/projects…(more…)

• How to manage users in SourceSafe / VSS

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…(more…)

 

Chapter 5: Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI)

• Introduction to Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI)

MSSCCI stands for Microsoft Source Code Control Interface. The latest version of MSSCCI is 1.3…(more…)

• Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI) Registry Entries

MSSCCI uses registry to organize multiple SCC providers. There are 3 elements in the registry…(more…)

• A Free Tool to Manage the MSSCCI Provider (with full Source Code)

Dynamsoft provides a tool called SCC Provider Manager with its SourceAnywhere product family…(more…)

 

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