[RESOLVED] SourceSafe problem

[BrailleSchool]

I added my project to SourceSafe by mistake and now everything is ReadOnly. I cant edit my project files at all. Is there any way to take my project out of SourceSafe and get rid of SourceSafe altogether?

Please advise.

[oh1mie]

IF you show with mousepointer modules, forms and Project name, click right button to get menu. There is choice Check Out.
When you finish editing, then Check module in.
That's main idea for Scoure Safe, it keep history of your changes

[BrailleSchool]

so before i can do anything with the project, i have to check it out? then it wont be read only any longer?

[jcis]

Maybe deleting Sourcesafe files created by sourcesafe, SCC files, in the same folder where your project is.
You could also remove your app from inside sourcesafe

[oh1mie]

so before i can do anything with the project, i have to check it out? then it wont be read only any longer?

Yes, but when you check in, then it's Read only again.

I use allways Scource Safe

[BrailleSchool]

Maybe deleting Sourcesafe files created by sourcesafe, SCC files, in the same folder where your project is

already tried that and as soon as you open the project in vb6.exe then those deleted files are recreated all over again.

[jcis]

already tried that and as soon as you open the project in vb6.exe then those deleted files are recreated all over again.

Open Sourcesafe and delete your project from there

[oh1mie]

After that, open explorer and select your files,open properties and uncheck read only attribute.

[szlamany]

Source safe is good - you should use it.

To correct what you have done simply CHECKOUT all the files. Go into SOURCE SAFE - select all the files - CHECKOUT.

That turns off the read-only.

You never have to check them in again if you do not want to. But you should check them in every day and check out the next day. That's why a version-tracking package like source safe is so important.

Why do you not want to use it?

[BrailleSchool]

Source safe is good - you should use it.

To correct what you have done simply CHECKOUT all the files. Go into SOURCE SAFE - select all the files - CHECKOUT.

That turns off the read-only.

You never have to check them in again if you do not want to. But you should check them in every day and check out the next day. That's why a version-tracking package like source safe is so important.

Why do you not want to use it?

It's not that I don't want to use it. Just that I didn't know how to use it, hahaha. Now that I kinda understand it, maybe I should use it.

[szlamany]

It is so nice to be able to right-click a file in SOURCESAFE - show history - see every moment it was checked in and out - and even do a quick DIFF display on two different versions. It's very important to us.