Microsoft KB Archive/252887

= BUG: Truncated File Listing with Visual SourceSafe =

Article ID: 252887

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q252887



SYMPTOMS
Generating a report on file differences truncates the lines of the files.



CAUSE
The display limits the entire line to 80 characters, which truncates lines at 36 characters per file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
There are two ways to work around this problem:

Command line:

Execute the difference from the command line by using the -D switch and specifying how many characters wide to make the output.

External program:

Gather the files from SourceSafe on which you want to perform the difference and use another file difference utility to compare the two files.

