Version Controling for VB6 Projects

[zeezee]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me a good version controling system for VB6 projects ?
VSS is there, but is there anything else we can use, like CVS ?
I heard ths CVS cant be used for VB6 projects. Is that true ?

Thanks!

[RobDog888]

From what I have read on CVS, it sounds a bit limited and more geared towards the Linus/Unix community. I like MS and if I have a MS product like VS then, for me at least, I would go with VSS as it integrates very well with VS and its created by the authors of VS.

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[zeezee]

Ok I think I have to opt out CVS then.

Onto VSS,
When we checkin one file from VSS, does it lock that file so that no one lese able to do chages it to it???
Or it just merge with the current file at VSS DB when we check out?
My point is ,say can two ppl do changes to same file , at the same time and then checkout to have both changes ?
This is the doubt I have.

[RobDog888]

You can set VSS up so it will either allow or disallow multiple checkouts of a single file. It uses the Read Only file attribute on the client side by default but thats changeable too.

It has a merge option too.

If a file is checked out, no one else can make check in's with changes to that single file, if that is how you want it to act. So you can check out a file, work on it exclusvly, then check it in. Other users can "Get Latest" version and work with them without checking them out but no checkins without first have it checked out.

Basically a library system like your public library in your city.

[Hack]

Here is some Visual Source Safe info.