VSS 6.0(x) Info, Links, Articles, code, and other resources.

After years of automating Visual SourceSafe(VSS), I am beginning to post and organize all my knowledge via this article.

VSS Reference:

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Developers Center
  • Code Samples
  • Technical Articles
• Newsgroup: NNTP:// microsoft.public.vstudio.sourcesafe

Articles:

• Visual SourceSafe Frequently Asked Questions (unofficial)

KB Articles:

• KBAlertz Search
• FIX: The Get method behaves differently with VSSVersion and with VSSItem when you use OLE Automation in Visual SourceSafe 6.0d
• BUG: You receive incorrect results when you use an ss Diff command on a very large text file in Visual SourceSafe 6.0d
• FIX: You cannot get the name of an item from a VSSVersion object in Visual SourceSafe by using the Visual SourceSafe OLE Automation interface

VSS Automation Products, Projects, & Examples:

• VssConnect -  client/server solution that provides access to a SourceSafe(r) database over a slow internet connection
• VssMon - desktop application that allows a SourceSafe(r) user to monitor files checked out to other users and be notified when the files are checked in
• SccBridge - a client/server solution designed to provide remote access to wide spectrum of version control systems
• VssReporter - support tool to allow those performing builds to independently determine exactly what source files have been changed and by whom 
• IVssAdmin - an example from MS (with source) on wrapping the VSS Ole Automation component and creating a managed version of the VSS Explorer using WinForms, and COM Interop.
• VSSEms - a Utility for SourceSafe Administrators unnoficially provided by Microsoft insiders.

      See Also EZDS.COM for a nice list of VSS Utilities

VSS Weblogs:

• Korby Parnell
  • End-to-End Analyze Script for Keeping a VSS Database Healthy
  • Recursive Get of VSSVersion and VSSItem Doesn't Work in VSS 6.0d