Mounting a Visual Source Safe Directory
Before you can mount a Visual Source Safe (VSS) filesystem, you need to install
VSS on your system. VSS is not provided with the IDE.
- Choose Versioning
Mount
Version Control
Generic
VCS from the main window.
- In the Version Control System Profile combo box, choose the VSS configuration
for your platform or for the platform most closely matching yours.
- In the Working Directory field, type or browse to the directory where you
would like to store local files. If your working directory is already hooked
up to the repository, the rest of the information on this panel is filled
in for you.
- If your package root and your VSS project root are not the same, type or
browse to the package root in the Relative Mount Point field. For more information
about setting a relative mount point, see Setting
a Relative Mount Point.
- Enter your VSS user name in the User Name field.
- Ensure that the VSS Command points to the whole path of your ss.exe
executable.
- Set the VSS Project to the desired project directory, such as $/
or $/Current/Project.
- In the SSDIR field, set the SSDIR environment variable to point to the appropriate
srcsafe.ini file on your VSS server.
- If you want to configure advanced options or environment variables, click
the Next button to the Advanced Options and Environment Variables panels of
the wizard.
- Click Finish to exit the New Generic VCS wizard and mount the filesystem.
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