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.

  1. Choose Versioning and choose Mount Version Control and choose Generic VCS from the main window.
  2. In the Version Control System Profile combo box, choose the VSS configuration for your platform or for the platform most closely matching yours.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Enter your VSS user name in the User Name field.
  6. Ensure that the VSS Command points to the whole path of your ss.exe executable.
  7. Set the VSS Project to the desired project directory, such as $/ or $/Current/Project.
  8. In the SSDIR field, set the SSDIR environment variable to point to the appropriate srcsafe.ini file on your VSS server.
  9. 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.
  10. Click Finish to exit the New Generic VCS wizard and mount the filesystem.
See also
New Generic VCS Wizard
Mounting a Directory With Generic VCS Support
Mounting a CVS Filesystem
Mounting a PVCS Directory
VCS Command Properties
Variables in VCS Commands
Calling Version Control Commands

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