Microsoft KB Archive/309041

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PRB: [SSAFE] - Source Control Status Not Updated in Solution Explorer

Article ID: 309041

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0C, when used with:
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q309041

SYMPTOMS

The source code control status of a Web project file that uses Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions in the Visual Studio .NET development environment is not updated when multiple users are viewing the project in the Solution Explorer.

CAUSE

The Visual Studio .NET development environment does not refresh the source control status of files in a project when files are checked out on other workstations.

RESOLUTION

To update and display the current status of a file under Visual SourceSafe control: from the File menu, point to Source Control, and then click Refresh Status.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create an empty Web project in the Visual Studio .NET development environment.
2. Set the Web Access Method to FrontPage:
   1. Select the project in Solution Explorer.
   2. From the View menu, click Property Pages.
   3. Under the Common Properties folder, select Web Settings.
   4. Choose FrontPage as the Web Access Method. (You must reload the project in order to make these changes take effect.)
3. Add an HTML page to the project.
4. Add the new Web project to source code control through the Internet Information Server (IIS) Manager.
5. From another workstation, open the new project from the Web in the Visual Studio .NET development environment and check out the HTML page.
6. On the original workstation, from the View menu, click Refresh. Note that the HTML file that is displayed in the Solution Explorer does not indicate the check out status of the file.
7. On the original workstation, from the File menu, click Source Control, and then click Refresh Status. Note that the HTML file now displays the check out status of the file in Solution Explorer.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

171116 HOWTO: Enable VSS Integration with FrontPage and Visual InterDev

Keywords: kbprb kbsrccontrol kbssexplorer KB309041

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