Article ID: 123470
Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.01
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.02
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.04
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
This article was previously published under Q123470
SUMMARY
To check settings to select a viewer for a file, SourceSafe follows these steps in order:
- Uses SRCSAFE.ini or SS.ini settings for selected extension. For example:
.DOC = C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE %1
- Uses Editor setting in SRCSAFE.INI or SS.INI to set a default editor for all files opened in SourceSafe. For example:
Editor = C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE %1
- Uses the Windows registration database and WIN.INI to determine association for the selected file's extension.
- Uses its default editor. To have SourceSafe use its default editor set the variable in the SRCSAFE.INI or SS.INI to null. For example:
.PRG =
MORE INFORMATION
In Visual SourceSafe 6.0 only, you can select an editor from the Visual SourceSafe Explorer. To do this, hold down the shift key, right-click on a file, select "View...," and then click Advanced >>. You can select the option to use the Visual SourceSafe default editor, registered application, or an editor of your choice.
Additional query words: ss3 initialization
Keywords: kbinfo KB123470
