INFO: How SourceSafe Selects a Viewer for a File

Last reviewed: February 25, 1997
Article ID: Q123470

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, version 4.0, 5.0
SourceSafe for MS-DOS, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for Windows, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for Macintosh, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 3.0x
SourceSafe for UNIX, versions 3.0x

SUMMARY

To check settings to select a viewer for a file, SourceSafe follows these steps in order:

Uses SRCSAFE or SS.INI settings for selected extension. For example:
```
      .DOC = C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE %1
```
Uses the Windows registration database and WIN.INI to determine association for the selected file's extension.
Uses Editor setting in SRCSAFE.INI or SS.INI to set a default editor for all files opened in SourceSafe. For example:
```
      Editor = C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE %1
```
Uses its default editor. To have SourceSafe use its default editor set the variable in the SRCSAFE.INI or SS.INI to null. For example:
```
      .PRG =
```

KBCategory: kbusage kbhowto
KBSubcategory: SourceSafe vss vbwin
Additional reference words: ss3 initialization 4.00 5.00

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Last reviewed: February 25, 1997
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