MOD2000: Confusing Error Message When You Add a New Project to Visual SourceSafe Control

• Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When you add a new project to Visual SourceSafe, you must create a new Visual SourceSafe project. Visual SourceSafe does not allow you to add objects to an existing project, even if the project is empty. If you try to use an existing project name, you receive the following error message:

Project name already exists. You must create a new VSS project to use with this VSS project.

RESOLUTION

When you add a new project to Visual SourceSafe control, type a unique name for the project in the Create a new project in the folder box.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new workbook in Excel, and then save it.



2. Press ALT+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.



3. Use the Add-in Manager to load the Source Code Control add-in if it is not already loaded.



4. Click VBA Source Code Control on the Add-ins menu to add the current project to source code control. When prompted for a VSS project name, type an existing one.
   
   Note that you receive the following error message:

   Project <name> already exists. You must create a new VSS project to use with this VSS project.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbdta modSSafe
Version : :; WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug