Using SourceSafe's file comparison feature externally?
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I like SourceSafe's file comparison feature and the way it displays differences much better than other products such as WinDiff. Unfortunately, we'll be dropping SourceSafe for something else for our next project, and we'll have to use WinDiff or whatever else we can find that does an ok job. My question is: if I leave my copy of SourceSafe on my computer, is there a way I could somehow use the VSS protocol (or whatever else) from a program that I would write in order to use SourceSafe's file comparison feature? Would it be possible to compare two local files or would I need to add the file to SourceSafe first? Thanks for any information you can provide! :)
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I like SourceSafe's file comparison feature and the way it displays differences much better than other products such as WinDiff. Unfortunately, we'll be dropping SourceSafe for something else for our next project, and we'll have to use WinDiff or whatever else we can find that does an ok job. My question is: if I leave my copy of SourceSafe on my computer, is there a way I could somehow use the VSS protocol (or whatever else) from a program that I would write in order to use SourceSafe's file comparison feature? Would it be possible to compare two local files or would I need to add the file to SourceSafe first? Thanks for any information you can provide! :)
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I like SourceSafe's file comparison feature and the way it displays differences much better than other products such as WinDiff. Unfortunately, we'll be dropping SourceSafe for something else for our next project, and we'll have to use WinDiff or whatever else we can find that does an ok job. My question is: if I leave my copy of SourceSafe on my computer, is there a way I could somehow use the VSS protocol (or whatever else) from a program that I would write in order to use SourceSafe's file comparison feature? Would it be possible to compare two local files or would I need to add the file to SourceSafe first? Thanks for any information you can provide! :)
From what I remember, VSS implements a standard protocol known as RCS. So yes, with that in hands, you may get docs on how to read the VSS database by yourself. Though chances are that in the end MS made the database proprietary for odd reasons such like security and scalability. If you could do a diff with Araxis Merge, you would end much better I tell you.
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I like SourceSafe's file comparison feature and the way it displays differences much better than other products such as WinDiff. Unfortunately, we'll be dropping SourceSafe for something else for our next project, and we'll have to use WinDiff or whatever else we can find that does an ok job. My question is: if I leave my copy of SourceSafe on my computer, is there a way I could somehow use the VSS protocol (or whatever else) from a program that I would write in order to use SourceSafe's file comparison feature? Would it be possible to compare two local files or would I need to add the file to SourceSafe first? Thanks for any information you can provide! :)
I use Windows Commander's "Compare by content" feature to compare single text files. Pavel Sonork 100.15206
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I like SourceSafe's file comparison feature and the way it displays differences much better than other products such as WinDiff. Unfortunately, we'll be dropping SourceSafe for something else for our next project, and we'll have to use WinDiff or whatever else we can find that does an ok job. My question is: if I leave my copy of SourceSafe on my computer, is there a way I could somehow use the VSS protocol (or whatever else) from a program that I would write in order to use SourceSafe's file comparison feature? Would it be possible to compare two local files or would I need to add the file to SourceSafe first? Thanks for any information you can provide! :)
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