Where to find the Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop.dll

Question

Hello:

I used the ssapi.dll which included in vc6.0 to redo the Addin test in the msdn, but the dll name does not appear to be Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop, I don't know where to find the proper dll.

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

I did a search on my computer and found "Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop.dll" at location path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\PublicAssemblies". However, VC 6.0 did not have this DLL. "Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop.dll" did not exist until Visual Studio .NET. I'm not sure if there is a equivalent DLL in VC 6.0.

Answer 2

Correct, the Interop DLL is a managed wrapper around the IVSS COM interface exported from ssapi.dll.  Managed (.Net) code didn't exist until VS 2002. 

You can write VSS automation in native code by calling the COM interface directly.  Here are some references: http://www.codeproject.com/samples/SSBrowser.asp#OtherResources

Answer 3

Thanks a lot Richard.

The link was really helpful.

Answer 4

Just copy Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop.dll from:
 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\PublicAssemblies
to
 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies

It then shows up in the macros ide in Visual Studio 2008, under Project | Add Reference...

Once you've added the reference, you can import it into your macro project and the Intellisense will show the constants e.g. for VSSFLAG_GETYES:

Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop

...

sourceSafeFile.Get(csLocalFilePath, VSSFlags.VSSFLAG_GETYES + VSSFlags.VSSFLAG_TIMENOW)

Haven't tried creating an object using the interop DLL, but it probably also works.

Answer 5

Thanks for the information.

Catherine Sea
http://www.scmsoftwareconfigurationmanagement.com