FIX: "Source Control" Does Not Appear in Tools Menu w/ MIPS

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows NT, MIPS versions 4.0, 5.0
• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, version 4.0 on the following platform: MIPS

SYMPTOMS

As shipped, Visual SourceSafe 4.0 running on the MIPS platform does not work properly with the MIPS Developers Studio IDE. As a result, the Source Control item does not appear on the Tools menu.

This problem only occurs on the MIPS version of Developer Studio 4.0.

CAUSE

This is due to a bug in the Visual SourceSafe file Ssscc.dll. This bug was discovered after the release of Visual SourceSafe 4.0 and before the release of Visual C++ 4.0. The bug is corrected in the Ssscc.dll file supplied on the \Msdev\Redist directory of the Visual C++ 4.0 for MIPS compact disc.

RESOLUTION

To fix this problem, copy the Ssscc.dll file from the \Msdev\Redist directory of the Developers Studio compact disc to the client computer's Visual SourceSafe installation directory, replacing the version of Ssscc.dll that came with Visual SourceSafe.

The incorrect version of Ssscc.dll that came with Visual SourceSafe is version 04.00.0816.

The corrected version of Ssscc.dll that comes with Visual C++ 4.0 for MIPS is 4.00.0912.

You should use File Manager's Search and Properties features to confirm that the correct copy of the .dll file is placed on your computer in all locations that Visual SourceSafe originally installed it.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem has been fixed in Visual SourceSafe 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Both the file Vcread.wri and the Books Online readme discuss this problem and the resolution.

Keywords          : SourceSafe ssvc vcmips visualc kbinterop fixlist5.00 kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version           : 4.0 5.0
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix