PRB: Unable to Open Project Error When Running Analyze

ID: Q153502

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 95

SYMPTOMS

Running Analyze returns the following error message:

"Unable to open project <DOS path>\a\aaaaaaaa" Continue Y?

CAUSE

The analyze utility is unable to find the database.

RESOLUTION

Ensure that Analyze is pointing to the correct database location. It should include DATA. For example, if the database resides on a file server mapped to drive F:

Analyze -i- f:\VSS\data

The full syntax is:

ANALYZE [-B<directory>] [-C] [-F] [-I-] [-V] [-X] [-?] [-H] <Full Database Path>

This particular message is corrected in later revisions of Analyze.exe. However, later versions of Analyze (specifically 1309 or above) also fail if you don't include the data directory as part of the entire path to the Database. In that case, the following error appears:

"File '<Path Used>\version.dat' not found"

where the Version.dat file is located in the data directory. For more information about the newest analyze utility, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q190881 SAMPLE: Analyze6.exe Utility for Visual SourceSafe

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbtshoot kbusage kbSSafe
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb