ASP.NET projects, VSS & IIS 6

[Ben]

My company is using VS.Net 2003 to create and maintain asp.net projects on a
windows 2003 webserver. The projects are created as applications and
subwebs, then via FPE 2002 extensions are added to source control ->
External version control, $/path/to/site.

We can open the projects no problem, we can check in / out no problem. We
don't however receive file history options, compare versions or anything
other than check in / out. Is this because of VSS, IIS, VS.Net or what?
Are we hitting a limitation, improper configuration or something else?

Thanks!
Ben

 

[Scott M.]

Please dont cross-post.

 

[Ben]

Why not? A) you did, B) I'm not sure which group the question belongs in.
Would you have prefered the same question three different times where
answers in group a weren't seen in group b?

 

[Scott M.]

I cross-posted my answer to be sure that you found it no matter which group
you checked back on.

It is considered bad etiquette to cross-post a question. How about posting
the question in one NG and waiting to see if you get an answer instead of
flooding several groups with a question that is not relevant to that group.

http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/wjh/newsgrp.shtml

5th paragraph down after "Keep in mind" might be useful to read.

 

[DellaCroce]

Are you able to answer his question or not? etiquette is good to know, but
if you can answer the person's question is much better.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Scott,



Why did you think it was invented to do that?



I agree that multipost is bad (sending to every newsgroup a question which
takes the effort from more people in every newsgroup).



Crossposting is very good when the question can go over the borders of a
newsgroup.



You are the first one in the dotNet newsgroups who says something about
crossposting; it is completely inside the netiquette from the dotNet
newsgroups in my opinion.



Although it should not be done useless of course. However this is a sample
where it is very good done conform for what is was invented.



Cor





"> Please dont cross-post.

 

[Scott M.]

I agree that multipost is bad (sending to every newsgroup a question which

takes the effort from more people in every newsgroup).

Crossposting is very good when the question can go over the borders of a
newsgroup.

But that is not the case here.

You are the first one in the dotNet newsgroups who says something about
crossposting; it is completely inside the netiquette from the dotNet
newsgroups in my opinion.

Come on Cor, you must not have had your coffee yet this morning. I'm am
possibly the millionth person in the .NET NG's to warn others against
cross-posting.

Although it should not be done useless of course. However this is a sample
where it is very good done conform for what is was invented.

This question is not relevant to all the NG's it was posted to.

 

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Ben,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. From
your description, I understand that you cannot compare versions and
historys when your ASP.NET project is checked into VSS. If there is any
misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.

Could you let me know how you're using the history option? Are you using it
from VSS explorer or compare versions in VS.NET IDE? Or you're using a
command line? How did you see that the option doesn't function? Is it
disabled or it just return error?

I think most probably, this is a configuration issue. Please provide us
with more information, so that we can deliver our assistance more quickly.

Kevin Yu
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[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Ben,

There might be some tool issue here that I didn't see your reply message.
Could you re-paste them here so that we can continue working on this issue?

Kevin Yu
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[Ben]

I'm trying to look at versions from VS .Net 2003. I go to the solution
explorer right click a file and compare versions is greyed out. If I select
a file from the solution explorer and go to File -> Source Control
everything is grey except for check out / in, undo checkout and refresh
status. Right now from the VS .Net 2003 IDE I have no way to compare
versions or view file history. In fact I have to logon to the machine with
VSS and look at it from there...

Ben

 

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Ben,

Based on my experience, this might be caused when you have disconnected
from VSS server. Please try to reconnect to server with the following steps:

1. Select File -> Source Control -> Change Source Control.
2. Select the projects and click Connect button.

If that still doesn't work, please check if you can check history and
compare versions using VSS Explorer. There might be some permission issues
here.

Kevin Yu
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[Ben]

I do see the project in change source control. The server name is empty,
but the server binging is correct. Connected is checked and greyed out, so
no change there. From VSS Explorer I can see versions just fine.

Ben

 

[Lewis Moten]

Ben, you may not have a local copy of the file to compare against.
When you check the file out, then a local copy is retrieved from the
website and you can compare versions. You could also do a "Get
Latest" and then see if the "compare versions" option becomes enabled.

 

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Ben,

Lewis gave us a probability that you may not have local copy of code. You
can try to get the latest version of the project. If that still doesn't
work, you can also try the following steps:

1. Select Tools/Options from the main menu.
2. Select Source Control/SCC Provider from the left tree.
3. Click Advance button on the right pane.
4. On the Integration tab, check both History and Diff checkboxes in the
Display dialog box for frame.
5. Click OK.

Kevin Yu
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