FIX: VSS 4.x Integration with VC 4.x under Windows NT 4.0

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 4.0, 4.0a
• Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2

SYMPTOMS

Under Windows NT 4.0, the SourceSafe integration with Visual C++ may not work correctly. When using a source-code control action in Visual C++, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:

1. Visual C++ hangs or locks up.



2. Blank dialog boxes appear in Visual C++.



3. Dialog boxes do not appear.



4. Dialog boxes contain unreadable text/symbols.

RESOLUTION

The SourceSafe SSSCC.DLL needs to be updated to SSSCC.DLL version 1310. To obtain this DLL, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q151411 UPD: New Version of Ssscc.dll Available

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual SourceSafe patch SSSCC.DLL version 1310 for Windows.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe400fix ssvc
Version : 4.0 4.0a 4.1 4.2
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug