[AccessD] VSS misbehaving

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Oct 27 17:31:11 CDT 2005


Hi Steve:

I was working with SourceSafe on a computer in which .Net had been recently
installed and similar problems started to happen. Subsequently, I attempted
to install TeamServer services, the heir apparent piece of MS software. That
failed as there were a number of other configurations that would have been
necessary to accomplish the task. (It would have required that one of the
main Servers would have to be re-installed and that was not going to happen
as it had taken three weeks to initially get a completely clean-boot.)

We finally went with an open source Linux product called Subversion and all
the projects are now backed up through that method. It is not perfect
especially if you simultaneously try to working on the same piece of code
but with care it is a very cheap substitute.

My two cents worth.
Jim  

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Capistrant
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:10 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] VSS misbehaving

We're having a growing number of problems using Visual Source Safe.
Used with Access over the years, it presents occasional problems, not
terrible.  But our problems have amplified since applying it to .NET
projects.

1.  When one user creates a new object and checks it in, other users
can't see it (after attempting to Get Latest Version).  Yet the object
is clearly seen in the Source Safe project itself.  

2. Adding or deleting an object to a VB.NET project seems to require
that the person have the entire project checked out to them (unlike the
way it works in Access).  

Has anyone else encountered these things?  If so, are there solutions?
Or...if these are just known VSS hassles, do you have any suggestions
about other source control solutions that work well with .NET?

Thank you!

Steve Capistrant
scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com
Symphony Information Services
7308 Aspen Lane North, Suite 132
Brooklyn Park, MN  55428
763-391-7400
www.symphonyinfo.com


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