Mounting a Visual Source Safe Directory

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Visual Source Safe (VSS) is not provided with the IDE, so you must already have VSS installed on your system before you can mount a VSS filesystem.

To mount a VSS directory:

  1. If you have not already done so, choose Versioning and choose Mount Version Control and choose Generic VCS from the main window to open the New Generic VCS wizard.
  2. In the Version Control System Profile combo box, select the VSS configuration for your platform or for the platform that most closely matches yours.
  3. In the Working Directory text field, type the name of or browse to the directory where you want to store local files. If your working directory is already connected to the repository, the rest of the information on this pane is filled in for you.
  4. If your package root and your VSS project root are not the same, type or browse to the package root in the Relative Mount Point text field.
  5. Type your VSS user name in the User Name text field.
  6. Verify that the VSS Command text field points to the full path to your ss.exe executable.
  7. In the VSS Project text field, type the desired project directory, such as $/ or $/Current/Project.
  8. In the SSDIR field, set the SSDIR environment variable to point to the appropriate srcsafe.ini file on your VSS server.
  9. If you want to configure advanced options or environment variables, click Next to view the Advanced and Environment panes of the wizard.
  10. Click Finish to close the New Generic VCS wizard and mount the filesystem.
  11. A new VCS filesystem node appears in the Filesystems tab in the Explorer. The filesystem is represented by a purple VCS filesystem icon (Generic VCS filesystem icon) followed by the name of the filesystem's VCS profile and the name of the working directory. The VCS status for each file appears in brackets after its name.

See Also
New Generic VCS Wizard
Mounting a Directory With Generic VCS Support
VCS Command Properties
Variables in VCS Commands
Calling Version Control Commands

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