vb.netversion controlvisual-sourcesafevisual-studio-2008
I have added reference to few dlls in my VB.net Project. When I check into Visual source safe and get latest version from another machine, VS.net 2008 throws errors.
I have to add the references again in that new machine. Is there anyway where I can keep the references in spite of files checked in to VSS?
I need to send copy all the files to production server and we don't have VS.net on the production box to add reference and build the application.
Thanks
From this old (2004) but may be still relevant article:
visual source safe doesn't always recognize text file types properly. when checking-in files using '
auto' type -- it treats them as binary.So when you compare two .sql files you might see '
binary files differ' -- and nothing more. (that's how vss treats binary files).
The solution is to change the file type using the properties context menu for the file in source safe. Change the type to text, you should be able to perform the visual comparison. You can also click on the 'advanced' option when checking-in the file, and manually change the selection to '
text' then.To avoid in the future - you can add file type settings under the options menu in visual source safe, to set the default behavior for various file types there.
It's better to not check in the bin folders at all. Move the dependencies to a common lib folder, and reference them from there. That will make sure they're copied into the bin folder. You can then explicitly check in this lib folder.
Other files/folders to avoid checking are the obj directory and the ncb file. I'm not sure how "smart" the VSS integration is in this case.
Best Answer
First, be sure that the project file is checked in properly. Sometimes VS fails to regognize that the project file has changed.
A good practice is to check in all the assemblies that your project references, except the standard .NET libraries.
Another recommendation is to set up a build server, which will detect these kinds of problems early. My personal favourite is TeamCity.