PRB: Saving a File in FrontPage Does a Silent Check In

ID: Q183735

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 5.0, 6.0
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows, version 97

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Source Controlled file for editing in FrontPage, and respond "No" when prompted to check it out, saving the file checks in any changes that were made.


RESOLUTION

Depending on your working environment, consider the following options:

  1. Always check files out before editing them.


  2. After opening the file, save it to a different location before editing the file. NOTE: There is no way to automatically enforce either of these options.


  3. If a file has been inadvertently checked in, you can use the SourceSafe Explorer to rollback to an earlier version. After doing a rollback, users also have to select 'Recalculate Hyperlinks' to get that rolled- back version out of the Visual SourceSafe (VSS) database into their master Web. Otherwise, the master Web version will still be what was last saved.



STATUS

This behavior is by design. When you save the file, FrontPage performs an implicit checkout - update [ASCII 150] checkin, in order to keep the version in the SourceSafe database synchronized with the content on the Web.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Using the FrontPage Explorer, open a Source Controlled Web.


  2. Open a file that is currently checked in, and select "No" when prompted to check it out.


  3. Edit the file and save the changes.


  4. Using the SourceSafe Explorer, show the history of the file, and note that a new version was created when the file was saved.


NOTE: The exact behavior depends on the version of the FrontPage Server Extensions installed. In certain versions, messages such as "The file <filename> has been automatically checked out" are displayed, in others, no notification is given.


REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the FrontPage Server Extensions ResourceKit at the following Web site:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com

   Select Administration Tasks and Procedures, then Microsoft Visual
   SourceSafe 5.0 Integration
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q171116 HOW TO: Enable VSS Integration With FrontPage and Visual Interdev
(c) Microsoft Corporation 1998, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by David de Groot, Microsoft Corporation.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbFrontPage97 kbFrontPage98
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999
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