PRB: PVCS to SourceSafe Conversion Fails (157533)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0a
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0a
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q157533

SYMPTOMS

When running PVCS_SS.EXE to convert a PVCS database to a SourceSafe database, the conversion does not complete. This process does not return any error messages.

RESOLUTION

Add these lines to AUTOEXEC.BAT:

   set libpath = <path to the DLLs used by the GET program,
                 such as c:\pvcs\dll>

   set vcsid  = <userid>

   set vcscfg = <path to configuration file>

   set intrsolvdir = <path to dir where license admin facility is>

NOTE: When you execute PVCS_SS *.*, meaning convert *all* of the files, it may appear to hang as it apparently does a lot of initialization in PVCS.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

At a DOS prompt, switch to the directory containing the file PVCS_SS.EXE. This will vary depending on the version of SourceSafe and the kind of installation.
Type the command: PVCS_SS *.* $/<newproject>

On screen and in the conversion log file, the following appears:

PVCS_SS. Copyright... 7/25/95 12:42

There may be some other unusable information as well.

The PVCS data is converted to SourceSafe data.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	2/11/2005
Keywords:	kbFAQ kbprb KB157533