source code control program

[S]

I am trying to view the training module in access.

The message that I continue to receive is

"You don't have a source code control program (such as Microsoft Visual
SourceSafe) installed on your machine. The source code control commands are
therefore not available.
This message has the following cause and solution:

You have not added source code control programs to your computer.
Click Yes to display this warning the next time you try to use source code
control commands, or click No to disable this warning message.

For Visual SourceSafe users, run Netsetup.exe from your Visual SourceSafe
folder to obtain source code control capabilites. For other source code
control providers, rerun the Setup program for your provider."

I do not know where to locate this folder on my PC.

Please help.

Thank you.

S

 

[Arvin Meyer MVP]

Answered in the general newsgroup. You do not need to multipost to get an
answer.

 

[S]

The multi-post was an error. I did not see my first posting and thought I
did something wrong.

I am not sure if you were answering my question to my issue or providing
directives on how to present a question.

I checked the websites but did not see an answer.

Please let me know.

Thank you.

S
--
Thank you.

You are awesome!

Answered in the general newsgroup. You do not need to multipost to get an
answer.

 

[Arvin Meyer MVP]

Here was my answer:

If you are not on a development team and are not using Visual SourceSafe,
the next time you get the message, click "No" and you won't get the message
again.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com

The multi-post was an error. I did not see my first posting and thought I
did something wrong.

I am not sure if you were answering my question to my issue or providing
directives on how to present a question.

I checked the websites but did not see an answer.

Please let me know.

Thank you.

S

 

[Philip Herlihy]

I am trying to view the training module in access.

The message that I continue to receive is

"You don't have a source code control program (such as Microsoft Visual
SourceSafe) installed on your machine. The source code control commands are
therefore not available.
This message has the following cause and solution:

You have not added source code control programs to your computer.
Click Yes to display this warning the next time you try to use source code
control commands, or click No to disable this warning message.

For Visual SourceSafe users, run Netsetup.exe from your Visual SourceSafe
folder to obtain source code control capabilites. For other source code
control providers, rerun the Setup program for your provider."

I do not know where to locate this folder on my PC.

Please help.

Thank you.

S

Worth explaining what Source Code Control software is. It's usually
employed by teams of developers to allow one developer to "lock" a file
that he or she is working on. Other team members can access a read-only
copy meanwhile. It also allows rollback to a specific version of one or
more files. This can really matter when you're compiling a program from
lots of different files, and interfaces between files have to match.
Change only one side, and suddenly nothing works. I also use it (Visual
Source Safe) when working on complex programs on my own. You make a
mistake, the thing won't work (or compile) and you can run a visual
compare with the last saved version and it highlights differences
between the current file and the previous saved version.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control

Subversion is a popular free package (never used it).

So, I guess you probably won't be using anything like this, so just
click No.

Phil, London