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INFO: Cannot Set EOL Option from the Visual SourceSafe GUI

Article ID: 169535

Article Last Modified on 5/1/2001

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY

Unlike Visual SourceSafe 4.x, you cannot set the EOL option cannot within the Visual SourceSafe 5.0 or later Advanced dialog box. In Visual SourceSafe 5.0 or later, you have to manually set the EOL option in the Srcsafe.ini file. This is by design.

REFERENCES

For additional information on the EOL ini variable, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170750 INFO: End of Line Character Settings for SourceSafe

For additional information about Srcsafe.ini settings, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

140316 INFO: All Variable Settings for Visual SourceSafe .INI File

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