Chapter 4. Adding Solutions to the SourceSafe Database

If you got a little bored with the theory so far, this chapter starts a series of more practical ones, as we are taking the first step in working under source control. We are going to add a new Visual Studio solution to the SourceSafe database. I will use the Orbital Hotel solution created in the previous chapter and add it to a new database. You are invited to create a solution of your own if you haven't done it already and take the same steps as me.

Ready? Let's Go!

Setting up the Database

I will create a new SourceSafe database for the Orbital Hotel solution created in the previous chapter. The database named OrbitalHotel is created on a network server named alexs using the following physical path on the server: C:\SourceSafe\OrbitalHotel.

Note

I will not cover the SourceSafe installation and the database creation steps here. For detailed information about installing, creating the initial configuration of a SourceSafe database, and enabling...