On 9/12/2012 5:56 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: > I have had very few occasions to use version control when using VFP but as we > are involved in a really large conversion job here I decided 3 months ago to > use a formal method of version control and as such decided on the old chesnut > Visual Source Safe as we have it under our MSDN agreement and it obviously > seems to fit in seamlessly (laugh out loud!!) with VFP. > > The few occasions I have used it and required it although "messy" it has > worked, however I now find that the VSS database has become totally screwed > beyond repair and hence no sensible audit trail etc to go back to as the > corruption seems to go back about two months prior to the changes I want to > re-instate. I know, bad planning on my behalf but I can go back to disk > backups even though it will involve a fair amount file comparing (beyond > compare will earn it's corn the next few days!). > > Never having used alternative software, I think Paul McNett dabbled with > subversion using VFP and wonder if anyone has any comments on what to use and > why. I know about the format of VFP forms etc. being a pain as they are not > simple text. > > I just don't want to trust VSS any more despite it being the nearest > "standard VFP" offering there is.
I recall Ed Leafe telling me about Tortoise SVN I thought many moons ago. ?? At my current day gig, we had been using SourceGear's Vault, which seemed fine to me, but now we're using Team Foundation Server at the corporate HQ (and I suppose I'll be getting on board that any day now too with a new project to check in). -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/5050b612.2050...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
