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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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gotdotnet CodeGallery has left the station
I am proud to announce the public release of CodeGallery , the newest member of the gotdotnet family. Gotdotnet.com is the community website where professional Windows and .NET developers from around the world can contribute and consume code samples, Read More...
Posted 31 August 05 10:14 by KorbyP | 7 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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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 vs. Team Foundation Version Control | Checkout Behavior
"Unexpected Get" was the subject of a very interesting email thread that passed through my Outlook Inbox today. I mentioned the issue it raises in a previous post: Team Foundation vs. SourceSafe | Checking Out . Basically, VSS and Team Foundation perform Read More...
Posted 04 November 04 04:54 by KorbyP | 6 Comments   
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Team Foundation vs. SourceSafe | Cloaking
Klingons and Romulans everywhere will bristle with pride when they learn that cloaking has survived the conceptual port from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation. Cloaking is a vital feature in VSS as it speeds up expensive Get operations and conserves Read More...
Posted 25 October 04 10:55 by KorbyP | 14 Comments   
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Team Foundation vs. SourceSafe | Locking vs Exclusive Checkouts
Adam Singer , the newest addition to my blogroll, recently blogged about the Lock Command in Visual Studio Team Foundation . Even if you don't have a CTP or beta build of Visual Studio 2005 Team System, I recommend his post. Locking in VSTS points to Read More...
Posted 07 October 04 01:03 by KorbyP | 10 Comments   
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Jason Mauss’ VSS Tips & Tricks
This deserves more than a trackback: Jason Mauss' VSS Tips and Tricks Read More...
Posted 03 September 04 03:38 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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Team Foundation vs. SourceSafe | Checking Out
When you check out a file in Visual SourceSafe : VSS Gets the latest database version of the file--or the pinned version , if it exists--to your working folder, VSS overwrites the working copy of the gotten* file if, as is usually the case, one already Read More...
Posted 28 July 04 09:00 by KorbyP | 22 Comments   
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Team Foundation vs. Visual SourceSafe, Part 1
On a daily basis, I come upon an interesting and often emerging feature difference between Team Foundation source control (aka, Hatteras) and my last product, Visual SourceSafe (aka, VSS). I plan to keep track of these features...where else?...out here Read More...
Posted 14 July 04 07:59 by KorbyP | 16 Comments   
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The "Name That Blog" Contest
I want to change the subtitle of my blog and I’d like your help doing so. If you suggest the subtitle (or title) that I decide to use and you are the first person to suggest it, then I will send you a shrink wrapped copy of Microsoft Visual Studio Read More...
Posted 14 June 04 03:35 by KorbyP | 70 Comments   
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Microsoft's New Source Code Control Application
WoooHooo! I can finally write about the project I've been working on these last few months: Microsoft's source control solution for the Twenty First Century: Source Code Control Services for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System (its friends just call Read More...
Posted 24 May 04 12:43 by KorbyP | 50 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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Must See TechEd
There are a jaw-dropping 844 events from which to choose at TechEd 2004. When confronted with so many options (and such a kludgey search mechanism ), I turned to my trusty blogroll. Here's a list of folks who have been blogging about the sessions they Read More...
Posted 05 May 04 03:38 by KorbyP | 6 Comments   
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