Sslogin Utility to Validate User Name and Password

ID: Q151354

The information in this article applies to:

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

SUMMARY

Sslogin.exe is a utility that allows you to validate a user name and password when using the Visual SourceSafe Command Line.

The following files are included in the file Sslogin.exe:

Readme.doc
Sslog16.dll -- 16-bit DLL
Sslogin.dll -- 32-bit DLL

MORE INFORMATION

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file names below to download the files:

Sslogin.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

If an invalid password or user name is passed to the Command Line, Visual SourceSafe does not return an error message that can be detected. The Command Line prompts the user to enter a new password. This causes a problem when the Command is included in an application because the control does not return to the file, and the process does not complete. The Sslogin DLL allows you to check the user name before calling the Command Line functions. Once the user name and password are validated, then the programmer may call the Command Line.

The Sslogin.dll takes three parameters:

Username (case insensitive)
Password (case insensitive)
Path to the UM.DAT file

The DLL returns an integer value representing the success or failure of the operation.

Additional query words: Logged login

Keywords : kbfile kbsample kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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