I would like to know if I use the archive function on a project, are
subprojects automatically included?  I cannot seem to find any statement
regarding this in the documentation.
As always.

I install VSS 2005 on a server, but I don't have a certification. I
configured the VSS database to enable remote access (unsecured), but I can't
connect to that database.
The error message was:

I am opening a website with visual studio from an http enabled source safe
repository. It works fine for small project, but it times out for big ones. I
looked through the web and found out that by increasing the Timeout (adding a
registry key of type DWORD) I am able to open the ...

I have VSS 2005 installed on Windows Server 2003 and I am trying to Access
it via the internet with VS 2005 installed on Windows XP Pro, not using SSL.
I am successful in trying to Create a local project using the Microsoft
Visual SourceSafe (Internet) for a Small Site however a ...

This error has bugged me for quite a while now.  I was trying to do a project
restore in SourceSafe admin and it failed.  Does anyone know what this error
mean : Incompatible compression version -31387?

I have a problem on an application I am developing:
This C# Windows Application calls a C# Web Service, which it uses the
SourceSafeTypeLib DLL to interact with Visual Source Safe 6.
The problem comes out when I call the VSS method "Get(ref string Local,

We have been using vss for long time but somewhere down the line, everything
got out of control.
We need to create versions for our shipping, fixes, custom development for
clients. The changes are differentiated in DB and else.

   I am using C# to write an automated script that will, among other
things, effectively perform a GetLatest on various projects on a nightly
basis, generating reports as it goes.  I am looking for a way to compare the
files so that I can get as few files as possible.  I see the ...

I can access the VSS2005 db remote (over the internet) only from VS 2005 ?
Not even another VSS 2005 ?
Thanks for any help

I shared a vss db over the internet with VS2005 for a long time. All
computers are Win Xp SP2, including Vss server.
It was set up properly and worked fine.
Now, some of the client computers cannot access the vss db. They are getting

I am using VSS 6 with Visual Studio .net 2005 to develop a asp.net project.
Has anyone managed to get keyword substitution working with this
combination?
I just want 'last updated on MM/DD/YY' to be displayed at the bottom of each

There is a "SS History" command  which returns  the history of the
folder but it doesn't seem to support recursion on folder and
directories.
Is it possible to do the GUI equivalent of getting the history of a