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>>>>we have multiple developers working on the same project. in order for this to work efffectively we have to copy the project to our local hard drives and then copy our changes to the master copy on the server. is there a way to have multiple developers work on the same project at the same time without having to copy it locally.
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>>>We dont use Visual Source safe here. I guess it never really worked all that well in all situations for us. So here is what we do.
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>>What's wrong with using Visual SourceSafe? I think it works great for any multi-developer situation. It's even a good idea for a single developer just so you can retrieve previous versions if need be.
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>>I don't recommend the VFP project manager w/ VSS integration approach though - it doesn't lend itself well to the underlying principles of version control. I highly recommend doing all check outs/ins manually in VSS not in the VFP pm. If for no other reason, you will have performance problems with project manager integrated Source Control over a WAN. Same goes for VB (or any other dev environment) files. It's so easy to use VSS why mess around with project manager source control integration?
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>>Use SourceSafe (or some other comparable version control software). You'll be better off.
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>If you're on a WAN, you should look at Source OffSite. It has better performance.

We tried VSS when it first came out, but opted in favor of PVCS. We found compatibility issues with PVCS that didn't improve with upgrades, and working with it was a pain. We discontinued using it. I don't know how much compatibility was caused by Microsoft 'tweeking' their software through various upgrades, as they have often been found doing, making compatibility with 3rd party competative products problematic.