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Released: Visual Studio .NET SCC Plugin for gotdotnet Workspaces
As Peter Bromberg notes, we recently released an updated source control plug-in* for gotdotnet Workspaces that enables you to work on projects stored in gotdotnet (check in, check out, and other source control operations) from the comfort of your very Read More...
Posted 29 December 05 10:36 by KorbyP | 8 Comments   
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New SourceSafe Utility: DATAWIZ
Here's a little internal Microsoft dirt: I'm the person behind the scenes who reviews and approves or rejects all gotdotnet User Samples submissions. For the record, this will not always be my job (things change) but for now, I actually look forward to Read More...
Posted 10 August 05 12:08 by KorbyP | 4 Comments   
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A New VSS Web Interface
This looks interesting: "SSWI is a Microsoft Visual Source Safe web interface that allows you to use all of Visual Source Safe's features from Internet Explorer anywhere in the world. No client side installations required, simply point your browser at Read More...
Posted 30 March 05 10:56 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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Source Control, GotDotNet, VS.NET, and Dream Job #3
Tone Engel reports that, "Joined the FlexWiki GotDotNet group last night for source code access which is provided through a custom source code control provider that integrates with Visual Studio."* I am an avid FlexWiki and GotDotNet user/contributor Read More...
Posted 21 February 05 11:56 by KorbyP | 6 Comments   
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VSS Analyze Script #4
Okay, I give in. Who is behind the new DevelopmentNow blog ? Whoever it is, they just posted a VSS database analysis script (Win script...untested by me) that provides a third alternative to the two scripts (one PERL, one VBScript) and link to a third Read More...
Posted 05 November 04 05:53 by KorbyP | 3 Comments   
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How To: Win an Autographed Visual Studio 2005 Baseball
In response to my previous post, Inspired Software Development::VSS Performance Improvements , Jason Mauss provides an excellent VSS performance tip: "Most people administrating VSS don't seem to know about setting the CP_OnSelection value to NO. This Read More...
Posted 31 August 04 09:59 by KorbyP | 5 Comments   
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SourceSafe PowerToy: VSS User Management
[ CheckItOut ] “A while ago the SourceSafe product team had a focus week on creating sample applications that solved common community issues. We call them “PowerToys”. The goal for these sample applications is to address frequently asked Read More...
Posted 22 July 04 11:28 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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SQL ScriptSafe
Has anyone out there used SQL ScriptSafe ? If so, did it meet your needs? Have you used similar tools ? How does it compare? Read More...
Posted 17 June 04 11:25 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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VSSEMS - a Utility for SourceSafe Administrators
Currently, it is not possible to migrate or copy a list of users and their concominant rights/assignments from an existing VSS database to another one, using either shipped VSS features or programmatically, using IVSS. However, our capable friends in Read More...
Posted 16 June 04 10:25 by KorbyP | 28 Comments   
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My Blog Year in Review
It is often said that weblogging really took off on the day when you started blogging...or when I started blogging, as the case may be. This adage reminds me of a question that all Microsoft employees are asked on their first day of work. Q: What is the Read More...
Posted 20 May 04 05:55 by KorbyP | 3 Comments   
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VSS and WinDBG ++ Together at Last
Are you a hardcore debugger: a kernel-mode, device driver-writin' stud? Do you avoid chrome-plated GUI and your mouse at all costs? If so, you can stop right now. This post isn't exactly for you. At the other end of the spectrum, if you're one of the Read More...
Posted 08 April 04 11:38 by KorbyP | 19 Comments   
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Recursive Get of VSSVersion and VSSItem Doesn't Work in VSS 6.0d
By default, the Get method does not work recursively in Visual SourceSafe 6.0d. Accompanying error message: “Version not found“. You can obtain a hotfix from Microsoft's hardest working employees in Product Support Services. For details, see Read More...
Posted 12 March 04 02:50 by KorbyP | 14 Comments   
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RSS for Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
In a recent email exchange between me, my dev lead, PM, and one of the developers on the SourceSafe team, I suggested that a KB article would be the most appropriate documentation delivery channel for a minor technical issue we were discussing. Since Read More...
Posted 11 March 04 09:58 by KorbyP | 7 Comments   
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RSS for VSS
[ S.B. Chatterjee ] Greg Reinacker's tool that generates RSS feeds from Visual SourceSafe was re-released today . Very cool. Read More...
Posted 10 March 04 09:46 by KorbyP | 3 Comments   
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Create your own VSS explorer using IVSS
As a percentage of the general population, I don't suspect too many of you will find this very helpful but you can download a Visual Studio .NET 2002 (upgradable to 2003) solution, ' IVSS Sample' (SourceSafe API) that demonstrates how to build a custom Read More...
Posted 12 February 04 04:28 by KorbyP | 12 Comments   
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