How do I get VB6 to integrate with Visual Source Safe 6.0?

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Ben McCormack picture Ben McCormack · Mar 10, 2010 · Viewed 16.1k times · Source

We use Visual Source Safe 6.0 at work and VB6 is supposed to integrate smoothly with Source Safe. Both applications are installed on my PC, but VB6 is not showing the options to integrate with Source Safe (e.g. checking out a file, seeing if a file is shared, etc.).

What do I need to do to get VB6 to integrate with Source Safe 6.0?

Answer

Ishmael picture Ishmael · Mar 24, 2010

Check the file C:\WINDOWS\VBADDIN.INI and make sure that there is a line "vbscc=1" under the "[Add-Ins32]" section of the file. Re-start VB6 and go to "Add-Ins | Add-In Manager". The "Source Code Control" add-in should be listed.

Updated with correction from Mark Hurd.

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