INFO: SourceSafe Integration Changes with 2000 Server Extensions

ID: Q241963

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 6.0
Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions
Microsoft FrontPage 2000

SUMMARY

The FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions introduce some changes in the SourceSafe integration:

The FrontPage 2000 client no longer allows a user to add a Web to Source Control.

A single Web server can interact with multiple SourceSafe databases at the same time.

Error logging is now enabled from the registry.

MORE INFORMATION

Adding a project to SourceSafe

In previous versions of FrontPage, a user added a project to SourceSafe from the Tools menu by choosing Web settings and filling in the Source Control Project field. In FrontPage 2000, that option is no longer available. Adding projects to SourceSafe is done from inside the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Look at "Advanced Administrative Tasks" in the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions Resource Kit for more information on this. See the "Reference" section for information on how to locate the Resource Kit.

Multiple SourceSafe databases

In previous versions of the FrontPage Server Extensions a Web server could integrate with one SourceSafe database at a time. This is still the case with FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, however there is a workaround that will allow you to add projects to multiple databases.

Error logging

In previous versions of FrontPage, to enable error logging from SourceSafe, it was required to edit the text file "Frontpg.ini". That functionality is now contained in the registry. For more information see:

Q191289 HOWTO: Enable Event Error Logging for FrontPage 98 and SourceSafe

REFERENCES

Advanced Administrative Tasks - Server Extensions Resource Kit

Q191289 HOWTO: Enable Event Error Logging for FrontPage 98 and SourceSafe

Q171116 HOWTO: Enable VSS Integration with FrontPage and Visual InterDev

Additional query words: FrontPage InterDev VID VSS

Keywords : kbinterop kbFrontPage kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbVisID kbDSupport kbFPServX
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0; winnt:
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo