Source Safe

[sabarnett]

I want to save my AutoPlay projects in Source Safe but am unclear what I need to save and what's just created as part of the build process.

Assuming I use one of the templates, do I just need to save the am7 file or do I need to save the CD_Root folder (and sub-folders) too?

Sorry if this is a bit obvious - I've only had the software 2 days.

[ShadowUK]

Your source is never safe with AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5.

[Dermot]

Your source is never safe with AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5.

He is not talking about securing the source, he is talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_SourceSafe It allows multiple developers to work on a project by checking out/in files.

At least that's what I think he is talking about. Not sure how well AMS projects would work with Sourcesafe, never tried. I would say you would have to save all the project folders and files.

[ShadowUK]

dammet! D:

[sabarnett]

Yep, talking about Microsoft Visual Source Safe. A (relatively) safe place to put files so we have some kind of versioning control, a history of who did what and when to our files and a backup.

It has no problem storing binary files, I just need to know what files I need to save.

Thanks
Steve

[Intrigued]

I work on and off with Visual SourceSafe. I've never tried it with AMS. My thought is to make sure files are set as binary in the filters area. I had to do that so that .pdf files showed up correctly.

I hope you shoot a quick post back when you have success and tell us about any pitfalls you may have run into and what we should look out for if we attempt such.

Thanks in advance.

[sabarnett]

I work on and off with Visual SourceSafe. I've never tried it with AMS.

What I've done for now is to add the am7 project file and all of the files/folders in the CD_Root folder. Seems to be working Ok for me. I can check-out/check-in the am7 file and leave the other files checked-in to source safe. I only need those checked out if I change the graphics.

Plan is for me to train up the other users (well, I've had the software 2 days now - that makes me the expert) so we'll see what happens when someone else checks out the project. Not expecting any problems though.

Next step is to get to grips with reading registry keys in the script language - I need to disable some buttons if certain products are already installed.

Still, 1.5 hours to produce a working, three page, CD front end just attests to the ease of use of the software. I didn't exect to be worrying about Source Safe issues for another couple of weeks.

Steve

[integral]

I've suggested this before, but it might be worth to re-iterate it..

There ought to be a good way to exclude SVN/CVS files and folders when building the project. Either via wildcard exclusions, or a separate setting that specifies they should be ignored.

[sabarnett]

What I've done for now is to add the am7 project file and all of the files/folders in the CD_Root folder. Seems to be working Ok for me.Steve

Just for info. There is a file called "autorun.cdd" created in the CD_Root\Autoplay\ folder. You don't want this in Source Safe. It gets re-created every time you rebuild the project.

Steve