Microsoft KB Archive/923434

= FIX: The PDF file becomes corrupted after you check in the PDF file in Visual SourceSafe 2005 =

Article ID: 923434

Article Last Modified on 11/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
After you check in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file in Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005, the PDF file becomes corrupted. Additionally, you do not receive any error messages. You may experience this problem if the following conditions are true:
 * You select the Auto-detect encoding of local file check box on the General tab.

Note To access the General tab, click Properties on the File menu.
 * In the Options dialog box, you select Binary file on the File types tab.

Note To open the Options dialog box, click Options on the Tools menu.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the autodetect feature switches the file from the binary format to the ANSI format.



Download information
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the 284443_ENU_i386_zip.exe package now.

Release Date: 6/20/2007

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this hotfix.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbpubtypekc KB923434

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