Q141548: PRB: 16-Bit Visual Basic Requires 16-Bit SourceSafe

Article: Q141548
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,95; winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400
Last Modified: 22-JAN-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 4.0 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, versions 95, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If the 16-bit version of Visual Basic is initially started or the Source Code
Control Add-In check box is selected in the Visual Basic Add-In Manager when a
standalone version of Visual SourceSafe has been installed under a 32-bit
operating system, the following message and prompt results:

  'Source Code Control Add-In' could not be loaded. Remove it from the list of
  available Add-Ins?

CAUSE
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There are two possible causes:

- During installation of Visual SourceSafe, the Vb.ini file was not updated to
  reflect the 16-bit Source Control Code Add-In entry. (This may occur even in
  the Visual Basic Enterprise edition after the installation of the Visual
  Basic 16-bit version and a subsequent Visual SourceSafe Client installation.)

-or-

- In the standalone version, Visual SourceSafe usually installs only the 32-bit
  version on a 32-bit operating system, so the missing 16-bit version is the
  source of the problem.

RESOLUTION
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If the 16-bit version of the Visual SourceSafe client has not been loaded, you
need to uninstall the SourceSafe 32-bit client and then reinstall it using the
Custom option so that you can tell it to load the 16-bit as well as the MS-DOS
versions.

If the 16-bit version of Visual SourceSafe is already installed, run
Win\Ssint.exe to update the <WINDOWS folder> or the Vb.ini file.

MORE INFORMATION
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Visual SourceSafe 4.0, which ships with Visual Basic 3.0 Enterprise Edition has
a different Client setup (netsetup) from the standalone version. Instead of two
buttons (one for 32-bit and one for custom), there is only one button (for all)
that installs both the 16-bit and 32-bit versions of Visual SourceSafe on 16-
and 32-bit operating systems.

In the standalone version of Visual SourceSafe, there are two buttons. The
non-custom button loads the 32-bit version only on a 32-bit operating system.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe400 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,95; winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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