Article ID: 172376
Article Last Modified on 5/1/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q172376
SYMPTOMS
DDCONV produces a Ddcerr.log file that contains only "DDCONV Initializing" when upgrading a Visual SourceSafe 4.x installation.
CAUSE
DDCONV does not have to go through the usual conversion routines for a database that is in 4.x format, because the structure of the database files did not change from versions 4.x to 5.x. The only difference was the addition of a 128 byte unique identifier in the Um.dat file. This identifier is not added during the DDCONV session.
RESOLUTION
No action is required. The database should function normally under Visual SourceSafe version 5.0.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
The normal output in the Ddcerr.log file after a successful conversion of a non-version 4.x database is as follows:
DDCONV initializing
Creating subfolders
Moving files
Creating rights DB
Building project list
Creating names DB
Converting log files
Adding project rights
Converting users
DDCONV finished
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