PRB: VB: "File could not be mapped to the SourceSafe Project" (195022)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
This article was previously published under Q195022

SYMPTOMS

When you add a project to Visual SourceSafe in the Visual Basic integrated development environment you receive the message:
File <filename> could not be mapped to the SourceSafe project <project name>
Copy the file to <home directory>?

CAUSE

The project (.vbp) contains a file that is not in the home directory (the one that contains the .vbp file) or a subdirectory underneath it.

NOTE: This article uses the term "vbp" to refer to the Visual Basic project, and "project" to refer to a Visual SourceSafe project.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

164684 "File or Project not Found" Adding Files via Integration

RESOLUTION

Place all the .vbp files in either the home directory or in a subdirectory underneath it. Alternatively, you can create a project structure in Visual SourceSafe that mirrors the directory structure on your hard drive before adding the .vbp to Visual SourceSafe.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

You only have the option of copying the file to the home directory, which might not be the desired location if the .vbp has a subdirectory structure with different subdirectories for modules, forms, and so forth. In this case, you should copy or move the files into the appropriate directories using the Windows Explorer and add them to the .vbp.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. On your local drive create a directory structure similar to the following: 
          C:\ 
          projects\ 
                    vbphome\ 
                    vbpother\
  2. Start Visual Basic, create a new Standard .exe project, and save it in the vbphome subdirectory.
  3. Right-click the project name in the Project Explorer and add a new module, save it as Module1.bas in the vbpother subdirectory.
  4. Add the .vbp to Visual SourceSafe, creating a new Visual SourceSafe project to store the .vbp.
RESULT: You will receive the message.

If you view the .vbp file in a text editor, you will see the following line: 
   Module = Module1; ..\vbpother\module1.bas.
The Visual SourceSafe integration returns the error when it cannot resolve this relative path to the .vbp file in its database.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/13/2004
Keywords:kbinterop kbprb KB195022
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