BUG: OLE Automation Returns "Element not found" Error

ID: Q238242

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When you connect to Visual SourceSafe (VSS) using OLE Automation, the following error message appears:

Element not found.

RESOLUTION

The following two workarounds will resolve the problem described in the SYMPTOMS section:

Unregister the VSS 5.0 OLE Automation .dll and register the VSS 6.0 OLE Automation .dll using the following commands from a DOS prompt:
```
   regsvr32 /u <path to 5.0 ssapi.dll>
   regsvr32 <path to 6.0 ssapi.dll> 
```
Use early binding instead of late binding (See the REFERENCES section for more information on early binding).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem can exist in Visual Basic (VB), VBScript, WScript, or VC (if you use the Class Wizard to wrap the DLL). The problem only happens on computers that previously had SourceSafe 5.0 installed on them and then upgraded to SourceSafe 6.0.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new VB project.

Add a button to the form and type the following in the Click event of the button:


   Dim objVSSDatabase
   Set objVSSDatabase = CreateObject("SourceSafe")
   objVSSDatabase.Open <"path to SourceSafe srcsafe.ini file\srcsafe.ini">,    <"login">, <"password">

Run the program and click the button you just added.

REFERENCES

A Primer on Early Binding (or How to Make OLE Automation Faster)

Q161983 ACC: Regsv32a.exe Available on MSL

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbAutomation kbSSafe600bug kbDSupport kbBug kbGrpSSafe
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug