Article ID: 139729
Article Last Modified on 10/20/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q139729
SYMPTOMS
You receive the error "No application associated with this file type" when trying to view a file that contains more than one period in the file name.
CAUSE
Visual SourceSafe parses the file name from left to right. This means that a file called My.file.doc is parsed so that the extension appears to be .file.doc and there is no association for this file.
RESOLUTION
Rename the file from My.file.doc to My_file.doc in the Visual SourceSafe Explorer (on the File menu, click Rename).
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.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Problem
- Rename a file that is associated with an application so that the file name contains more than one period.
- Add the file to Visual SourceSafe.
- Double-click the file from the Visual SourceSafe Explorer. At this point, The error message "No application associated with this file type" appears.
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbssafe500fix KB139729
