Where does VSS keeps its information about checked out files?

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verakso@gmail.com - 16 Jan 2008 12:47 GMT

I have a files, that VS keep telling me is checked out, but when I do
a search in VSS, then the file doesn't appear to be checked out?

I have tried repairing the VSS db, doing a refresh on the web server
and in VS.

Perhaps I should mentioned, that I am running an elder IIS5 with VSS
integration.

Basically I need to undo checkout for other users (developers that
keeps forgetting checking in files). So far I must have done it wrong,
since I stil have a file that appears to be checked out.

/V

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Jeff Clausius - 16 Jan 2008 17:06 GMT

If you look at the exact file in VSS Explorer, my guess is it is not
checked out. Is this correct?

Within Visual Studio, the read-only file attribute is used to show the
file checked out. So if you have a file which is NOT checked out within
Visual SourceSafe, and it shows up checked out within Visual Studio,
then check the file's read-only file attribute. It needs to be set to
read-only.

HTH
Jeff Clausius
SourceGear

> I have a files, that VS keep telling me is checked out, but when I do
> a search in VSS, then the file doesn't appear to be checked out?
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> /V

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Verakso - 21 Jan 2008 11:52 GMT

Great, thanks for the tip, that got it fixed.

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Jeff Clausius - 22 Jan 2008 19:34 GMT

Anytime.

Jeff Clausius
SourceGear

> Great, thanks for the tip, that got it fixed.

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Where does VSS keeps its information about checked out files?

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