INFO: Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Installation From Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition (246874)

SUMMARY

This article delineates the differences between an individual Visual SourceSafe version 6.0 installation from a Visual SourceSafe installation from Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition.

Visual SourceSafe version 6.0 is included with the Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition product. When a you install Visual SourceSafe using the Visual C++ setup procedure, you are presented with the following two setup options:

Install Visual C++ Enterprise Edition
Server Applications

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Install Visual C++ Enterprise Edition

This option creates a private database on your local machine; it does not create a Netsetup image. Choosing this option installs the same options as the Stand Alone setup option in the individual boxed version of the product.

Create Database
Admin Tools
Client Tools
Integration components and Registry Settings
Help Files

Server Applications

This option creates a shared database and installs the admin software and the Netsetup program so that users can install the client software from the server. Choosing this option installs the same components as the Shared Database Server setup option in the individual boxed version of the product.

Create Database
Admin Tools
Client Tools
Integration components and Registry Settings
Help Files
Netsetup Image
IE4 Setup Image

Use the Server Applications option when you are creating a database that will be used by many clients. This option can be used to install a database to a local or remote drive. You should use the Install Visual C++ Enterprise Edition option when you want to set up a local, private database on your computer.

Although the look of the Enterprise Edition setup procedures and the individual boxed version setup procedures are very different, they all install the same components. It makes no difference which product you purchase (Visual Studio version 6.0 Enterprise, Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise, Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise, or SourceSafe in its own box). The same product and the same components are installed on your computer.