KB163407 - How To Use OLE Automation with Visual SourceSafe

Article ID: 163407

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2004

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q163407

SUMMARY

Visual SourceSafe version 5.0 is an OLE automation server and can be called programmatically from within Visual FoxPro. This article describes how to invoke the OLE server and demonstrates some simple functionality.

MORE INFORMATION

Assuming that Visual SourceSafe Version 5.0 is installed, and that Tastrade.pjx has been added to a SourceSafe database, the following code sample will check out main.prg to the current Visual FoxPro default directory:

      oSSafe = CREATEOBJECT("SourceSafe")

      * Syntax is object.open(path to srcsafe.ini, username, password)
      oSSafe.open("C:\vss\srcsafe.ini","guest","")

      * The next 2 lines show some of the object's properties
      ? oSSafe.username
      ? oSSafe.currentproject

      * The next line assumes FoxApps is the Visual SourceSafe project and
      * Tastrade is a subproject
      oFile = oSSafe.vssitem("$/FoxApps/Tastrade/main.prg")
      oFile.Checkout()
      oFile.Checkin()

For more information on the Visual SourceSafe object model, you can use a tool such as the Visual Basic object browser. Documentation is also available on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.microsoft.com/ssafe

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