MOD2000: Admin Cannot Check In File with VBA Source Code Control Add-in (234839)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q234839

SYMPTOMS

The Admin of a Microsoft Visual SourceSafe database cannot check in files that are checked out by another user. If you are an Admin and try to use the VBA Source Code Control Add-in to check in or undo the check out of an object that another user has checked out, you receive the following error message:
The selected item is not checked out to you.
If you try to perform the check in operation in Visual SourceSafe Explorer, you receive the following error message:
File Not Found.

CAUSE

The VBA Source Code Control Add-in does not support the additional privileges that Visual SourceSafe gives the Admin user. Also, the add-in does not create a separate file in the working folder of the source code control project when an object is checked out.

RESOLUTION

The Admin user can undo the check out in Visual SourceSafe Explorer, but all of the user's changes are lost.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

  1. Create and save a new workbook in Microsoft Excel 2000.
  2. Open the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).
  3. Load the VBA Source Code Control Add-in, if it is not already loaded.

    NOTE: To load the VBA Source Code Control Add-in, click Add-in Manager on the Add-ins menu, select the VBA Source Code Control Add-In, and then select one of the Load Behavior options.
  4. Start the VBA Source Code Control Add-in, and then log on to Visual SourceSafe as a user other than Admin.
  5. Add the workbook and the sheets that it contains to source code control.
  6. Use the VBA Source Code Control Add-in to check out Sheet1. Make modifications to Sheet1, and then save your changes.
  7. Quit and restart Excel.
  8. Open the Visual Basic Editor, and log into Visual SourceSafe as Admin.
  9. Try to check in Sheet1. Note that you receive the following error message:
    The selected item is not checked out to you.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/2/2001
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg KB234839
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