>>>Hello All,
>>>can anyone outline the steps to add a VFP project to VSS, I can't seem to get it right, here's what I've done so far ;
>>>
>>>1) Created a VFP project on my local server \\myserve\mydir\test.pjx.
>>>2) Added the project to source control ( through VFP ).
>>>3) Set the working folder ( in VSS ) to c:\mydir.
>>>3) Checked the project out from VSS.
>>>4) Opened the project in VFP ( c:\mydir ).
>>>
>>>Problem.
>>>
>>>1) The files aren't marked as under source control.
>>>
>>>If I open the project from the server ( \\myserve\mydir\test.pjx ) the files are marked for source control ok, but obviously this is defeating the object. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot
>>>
>>>Pete Kane.
>>
>>In tools|options projects tab, specify your source control (VSS) provider. Then, whenever you create a project, it will automatically link to VSS.
>
>Nigel,
>this is the way I used to use it, the problem is VSS uses the folder you created the project in as the "working folder" which means the only copies of your files are stored internally by VSS.
>
>Thanks
>
>Pete Kane

The files in your working directory will stay there so you have that copy. Also you can set up a shadow directory. Whenever you check in a file it will also be copied to the shadow directory. Files in the shadow directory are stored in their native format and not in a VSS database.