VS.Net 2005 & VSS 6.0

Question

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Will Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Professional ed.) work with Visual Source Safe 6.0?  Has anyone attempted this with a beta version?

Answer 1

Yes, it will work with a similar feature set as VS2003 & VSS.

New features introduced to the SourceSafe 2005 Plug-In for Visual Studio will not work. For instance, to name a few:

• Asynchronous opening of projects
• Remote access over http
• Delete/rename propagation
• Integration on the Open Project dialog

 Regards,

Answer 2

Actually, remote and delete propagation will work, but only from client -> database. Synchronizing deletes/renames using Get dialog will not work (propagation database -> client) as it requires new functionality in the provider.

Another thing that will only work halfway is getting new files added in the database for web projects. VSS 6.0 has no capabilities of enumerating new folders in the database through MSSCCI functions used by VisualStudio; synchronizing new file additions will only work in folders that already exist on the local disk.

Alin