I've always suspected that this was a safeguard in case the conversion between text files and binaries went awry. It adds overhead but to tell you the truth it always made me feel a bit more comfortable about the whole thing.


>>>>Craig,
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>>>>Maybe I don't remember this correctly, but doesn't VFP also store the VCX/VCT and SCX/SCT files in Source Safe? This actually results in more storage space usage, not less.
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use VSS, so I can't say if VFP does this or not.
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>Yes, they are stored in PVCS. This brings up lots of questions like "Why does it do this?"