PRB: Visual SourceSafe Occasionally Saves .FRX File as Text

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
• Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS

Visual SourceSafe will sometimes save a Visual Basic form's binary file (.FRX) as text rather than binary, depending on the objects placed on the Visual Basic form.

If this "text" version of the .FRX file is checked out, and the program is run or the form is modified, an "Illegal Operation" error will result in either OLE32.DLL, SSSCC.DLL or KERNEL32.DLL.

NOTE: This problem is not reproducible in Visual Basic 4.0a/Visual SourceSafe 4.0a.

RESOLUTION

To force a particular file type to be treated as binary, the following line should be added to the SRCSAFE.INI file on the server:

   Binary_Masks = *.frx

STATUS

WARNING: The information in this article has not been confirmed or tested by Microsoft. Some or all of the information in this article has been taken from unconfirmed customer reports. ANY USE BY YOU OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this information "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q132892
   TITLE     : SourceSafe May Modify Some Files