PRB: VSSVer.scc Added to FrontPage Web

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you add a FrontPage Web to source control or recalculate hyperlinks on an existing source controlled Web, the file VSSVer.scc is added to the Web. If the Web has subfolders, the file also exists in the subfolders.

CAUSE

Visual SourceSafe version 6.0 creates the VSSVer.scc file in a project's working folder every time you perform a Get or Check Out operation. When you add a new Web to Visual SourceSafe or recalculate hyperlinks on an existing Web, Visual SourceSafe performs a Get on the files in the Web. The working folder for the Visual SourceSafe project is the location of the files on the Web server, so the VSSVer.scc file is created in that folder. FrontPage looks at all the files in that working folder, assumes that they belong to the Web, and adds them to FrontPage Explorer.

RESOLUTION

The purpose of the VSSVer.scc file is to improve the performance of Visual SourceSafe operations. Its presence does not impact the FrontPage Web, so you can leave the file as is. You can delete the file from the Web, but it will be recreated every time you recalculate hyperlinks.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

Visual SourceSafe Help, version 6.0; search on: Using VSS, Get and View Files and Projects

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbFrontPage kbSSafe600 kbInetDev kbFrontPage97 kbFrontPage98
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,97,98
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Issue type : kbprb