FIX: OLE Automation Created with VSS 5.0 Does Not Work on a VSS 6.0 Computer (279228)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q279228

SYMPTOMS

If Visual SourceSafe (VSS) OLE Automation code is created on a computer that has VSS 5.0 installed and is then run on a computer that has VSS 6.0 installed, the code does not work.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a Microsoft Visual C++ OLE Automation program, such as the one located on the following Microsoft Web site at:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/downloads/vsstree.zip

  2. Compile this program on a computer that has version 5.0 of SourceSafe (ssapi.dll) installed.
  3. Run the executable file on another computer that has VSS 6.0 installed.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/12/2005
Keywords:kbAutomation kbBug kbfix kbSSafe600fix kbVS600sp5fix KB279228
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