Visual SourceSafe 2005 Integration

Last modified: September 19, 2023

Perform the following steps to integrate Code Compare with Visual SourceSafe 2005:

1. On the Tools menu of Visual Studio, select Options, and then click Source Control. On the displayed Plug-In Selection page, select Microsoft Visual SourceSafe in the Current source control plug-in drop-down list. Then go to the Plug-in Settings page, and click Advanced.

   

2. Go to the Custom Editors tab and add a custom diff tool, specifying the following data:

   Operation: File Difference

   File Extension: .*

   Command Line: “[InstallationDir]\CodeCompare.exe” /w /b %1 %2

   

3. Go to the Custom Editors tab and add a custom merge tool, specifying the following data:

   Operation: File Merge

   File Extension: .*

   Command Line: “[InstallationDir]\CodeMerge.exe” /b /TF=%1 /MF=%2 /BF=%3 /RF=%4

   

Note

Use your product installation folder instead of [InstallationDir]. By default it is C:\Program Files\Devart\Code Compare.