Homesite Stability (was [thelist] real men code by hand...)

[kevin D. white]

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From: "Dave" <schemer at cyou.com>
> Thanks for the info...I just happen to have Visual Source Safe in
> with my Visual Studio 6.
> Dave

Any time.  If you have never used HomeSite to connect a project to
any CVS, be prepared to spend a bit of time futzing around.  HS is
really snippy about Projects and source-control apps.  Here is the
method that has worked best for me.  Not sure how much of this
process is myth and truth, but it works. :)

1) Create a single master working folder where all your development
projects live.  For me this "c:\development"

2) Map that root working folder to the root project of VSS "$/"

3) Do a "Get Latest" on your entire VSS project tree.  This is really
important since HS does not pull down a list of files in a Project.
It just reads whatever is on your HD.  So if you don't have a copy in
working folder, you don't get to access it through HS.

Here is an example of my structure:
/$ [c:\development]
/$/clientA [c:\development\clientA]
/$/clientB [c:\development\clientB]

4) Next create your HS projects by targeting the root folder of each
client.  This is REALLY IMPORTANT.  The HS Project file has to be
inside the client folder or you are toast.  Make sure your HS Project
is named the same as the VSS Project name and the working folder
name.

5) Map the HS Project to the VSS Project by right-clicking on the
Globe icon at the root of the HS Project tree.

6) Open your ss.ini file in your user directory on the VSS server.
If there is more than one Project-working folder mapping then
something has gone wonky.
_________________________________
kevin D. white
email: kevin.white at bitshift.ws
im: simpleCypher (yahoo, msn, aol)
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