Article ID: 140362 - Last Review: March 1, 2005 - Revision: 1.1

BUG: PVCS_SS Does Not Work with PVCS for Windows NT

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SYMPTOMS

When running the PVCS_SS conversion utility, you may receive an error telling you that a PVCS log file may be corrupt. PVCS_SS then causes the MS-DOS session to hang (stop responding to input).
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CAUSE

PVCS for Windows NT uses a different data/time scheme in the log files. The PVSC_SS utility was written to accept the date from the old PVCS log files.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • Microsoft Windows 95
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