The Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 version control system is the latest edition
of Microsoft's award-winning version control system for managing software and
Web site development. Fully integrated with the Visual Basic; Visual C++; Visual
J++; Visual InterDev and Visual FoxPro development environments as well as with
Microsoft Office applications, it provides easy-to-use&, project-oriented
version control. Visual SourceSafe works with any type of file produced by any
development language, authoring tool or application. Users can work at both the
file and project level while promoting file reuse. The project-oriented features
of Visual SourceSafe make managing the day-to-day tasks associated with
team-based application and Web site development more efficient.
- Files can be checked out up to 10 times faster using RAS, and up to twice as
fast over a LAN
- Year 2000 date formats are now supported in all reports and dialog boxes
- Visual SourceSafe 6.0
- Visual SourceSafe 6.0 now includes site maps, internal and external link
checking and Web site deploym
- Project Promotion Labeling can be used to designate changes in project status
- Visual SourceSafe reconciles file changes and prevents accidental code
overwriting using Check Out file locking, Visual Merge, and Difference
Reporting. Visual SourceSafe enables easy re-creation of prior versions
- Visual SourceSafe offers easy management of Web content and HTML with site maps,
hyperlink checking and direct deployment to the Web
- Visual SourceSafe directly integrates with Microsoft development tools such as
Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro, Visual InterDev, Visual J++, Access,
FrontPage, Microsoft Office Developer Edition, and many third-party products