Microsoft KB Archive/139672

= FIX: Initialization Var Shadow_SetTime Set to Invalid Value =

Article ID: 139672

Article Last Modified on 10/20/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q139672



SYMPTOMS
The error "Initialization variable Shadow_SetTime set to invalid value" occurs when a user checks a file in to Visual SourceSafe or adds a file to Visual SourceSafe.



CAUSE
The Visual SourceSafe Administrator gives administrators the ability to shadow projects. The shadow option has several flags that tell SourceSafe how to operate on the files. One of the options is the date/time flag known as the Shadow_SetTime .ini file variable. The valid options in the Administrator are Current, Modification, or Update. The valid .ini file settings are Current, Mod, and Update respectively. The Visual SourceSafe Administrator improperly wrote the modification setting as:   Shadow_SetTime = Modification



RESOLUTION
The administrator should manually modify the Srcsafe.ini file. Modify the Shadow_SetTime setting as follows:   Shadow_SetTime = Mod



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual SourceSafe 5.0.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbssafe500fix KB139672

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