INFO: Visual Basic & Visual SourceSafe Add-In Options

ID: Q150293

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, 16-bit and 32-bit, versions 4.0, 5.0

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SUMMARY

There are several registry settings you can set in Visual Basic's Visual SourceSafe interface by using the Options menu item. There are also several of the Srcsafe.ini file settings that you can set from Visual Basic's Visual SourceSafe interface by using the tabbed dialog boxes in the advanced portion of the Visual SourceSafe Options.

This article lists the options that are available in Visual Basic's Visual SourceSafe Options and the settings they modify in both the registry and the Srcsafe.ini file.

Developers who also use SourceSafe integration with DevStudio should take care, since the .ini file settings will also affect the integration with DevStudio.

MORE INFORMATION

In the registry, under the following registry path, there are a series of options that can be set from the Visual Basic or Visual SourceSafe Options window:


   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SourceCodeControlProvider\Options

To set the Registry options, on the Add-Ins, SourceSafe menu, click Options.


Caption                                    Registry Setting
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Get latest checked in versions of          GetOnOpenProject
project files when opening a project?

Check in files when closing the project?   CheckinAllFilesOnCloseProject

Add files to source control when adding    AddFilesToSccWhenAddedToVB
them to Visual Basic?

Remove files from source control when      DeleteFilesFromSccOnRemoveFormVB
deleting them from Visual Basic?

Advanced Button
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To set the Srcsafe.ini options, on the Add-Ins, SourceSafe menu, click
Options and click the Advanced button.

General Tab
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Caption                                             Ini File Setting
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Always keep files checked out                       Keep_Checkedout
Act on projects recursively                         Recursive
Display all changes after a merge                   Mark_Merges
Reuse last comment                                  Reuse_Comment
Check in unchanged files                            Update_No_Change
Computer name                                       ComputerName
Editor for viewing a file                           Editor
Directory for temporary files                       Temp_Path

Local Files Tab
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Caption                                             Ini File Setting
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Remove local copy after add or check in             Delete_Local
  (This checkbox is disabled with VSS version 5.0)
Remove local copy after delete                      Smart_Mode
Use read-only flag for files not checked out        Use_Readonly
Copy keyword-expanded files into local directory    Expand_Keywords_Locally
Append end-of-line to all files                     Append_EOL
Compare files by                                    Compare
Replace writable files                              Replace_Writable
Set date/time on local files                        SetTime

Integration Tab
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Caption                                             INI Setting
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Display dialog box for History                      Skip_Fhistory
Display dialog box for Diff                         Skip_Fdiff
Choose SourceSafe Database

For additional information on the Srcsafe.ini file and the available settings, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q140316 INFO: All Variable Settings for Visual SourceSafe .INI File

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