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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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Enumerating the # and names of files in a VSS folder
A customer asked me this question via email today. Unable to remember how to do this (I've been off VSS for over a year), I pinged one of the VSS team's awesome developers, Alin, who promptly responded with this gem: "You can use VSS Automation to find Read More...
Posted 13 October 05 12:55 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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TechEd Europe: Dev 466 Team Foundation Source Control
I'm blogging to you live from the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands where Ashwin Karuhatty and Brian Randall are introducing European developers and IT professionals to Visual Studio Team Foundation version control (or source control, if you Read More...
Posted 08 July 05 01:15 by KorbyP | 7 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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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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Pin: the “Share my greatest, not my latest” Feature in VSS
If you code like me, your latest version of a file or project is almost never your greatest. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just mark a version of a file or changeset as “use this one!” so that your teammates would stop bugging you Read More...
Posted 21 May 04 01:17 by KorbyP | 5 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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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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Is SourceSafe for Newbies?
This is one of the most common common questions I see and I've always intended to create a polished, scenario-driven, reusable answer for my FAQ library. Here's a first stab. If you've seen better, please provide links. Ideas for how I can improve this? Read More...
Posted 26 February 04 11:56 by KorbyP | 18 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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How To: Diff/Compare Two Labels in Visual SourceSafe
This batch script creates a text file containing the differences between two labels of a SourceSafe project and all of its sub-projects. It was originally posted to microsoft.public.visualsourcesafe by Weston Morris.  Thanks Weston! @ECHO Read More...
Posted 28 October 03 07:54 by KorbyP | 6 Comments   
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Versioning SQL Server Stored Procedures and other db Objects in VSS (Part I)
Q: 'How can I backup my SQL Server stored procedures, triggers, UDFs, and other database objects using VSS?' A1: If you work in Visual Studio .NET 2003 with source control integration, you can opt to install a SQL Server versioning component that allows Read More...
Posted 03 July 03 05:17 by KorbyP | 13 Comments   
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