BUG: PVCS_SS Does Not Work with PVCS for Windows NT

ID: Q140362

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0
on the following platforms: NT, Win95

SYMPTOMS

When running the PVCS_SS conversion utility, you may receive an error telling you that a PVCS log file may be corrupt. PVCS_SS then causes the MS-DOS session to hang (stop responding to input).

CAUSE

PVCS for Windows NT uses a different data/time scheme in the log files. The PVSC_SS utility was written to accept the date from the old PVCS log files.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: 4.00 5.00

Keywords : kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500bug kbDSupport kbSsafe600FAQ
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug