FIX: Initialization Var Shadow_SetTime Set to Invalid Value

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

The error "Initialization variable Shadow_SetTime set to invalid value" occurs when a user checks a file in to Visual SourceSafe or adds a file to Visual SourceSafe.

CAUSE

The Visual SourceSafe Administrator gives administrators the ability to shadow projects. The shadow option has several flags that tell SourceSafe how to operate on the files. One of the options is the date/time flag known as the Shadow_SetTime .ini file variable. The valid options in the Administrator are Current, Modification, or Update. The valid .ini file settings are Current, Mod, and Update respectively. The Visual SourceSafe Administrator improperly wrote the modification setting as:

   Shadow_SetTime = Modification 

RESOLUTION

The administrator should manually modify the Srcsafe.ini file. Modify the Shadow_SetTime setting as follows:

   Shadow_SetTime = Mod 

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.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500fix
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug