Microsoft KB Archive/279228

= FIX: OLE Automation Created with VSS 5.0 Does Not Work on a VSS 6.0 Computer =

Article ID: 279228

Article Last Modified on 8/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q279228



SYMPTOMS
If Visual SourceSafe (VSS) OLE Automation code is created on a computer that has VSS 5.0 installed and is then run on a computer that has VSS 6.0 installed, the code does not work.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/Aa718353.aspx



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Create a Microsoft Visual C++ OLE Automation program, such as the one located on the following Microsoft Web site at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/downloads/vsstree.zip

 Compile this program on a computer that has version 5.0 of SourceSafe (ssapi.dll) installed. Run the executable file on another computer that has VSS 6.0 installed.

Keywords: kbautomation kbbug kbfix kbssafe600fix kbvs600sp5fix KB279228

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