Adding the Solution to the Database using Visual Studio

I'm going to add to the SourceSafe database the initial Orbital Hotel solution created in Chapter 3. If you remember, the master solution structure has the following layout in the Visual Studio Solution Explorer:

Using Visual Studio to add the initial solution structure under the source control provided by SourceSafe is the only supported method.

Note

Tools like Visual SourceSafe Explorer or Visual SourceSafe command line can be used to perform source control tasks but mixing source control actions from Visual Studio and external tools is discouraged. Solution files can be added in the SourceSafe database using Visual SourceSafe Explorer. However, the project and solution files will not contain the necessary information for Visual Studio to consider the solution under source control. This will require manual rebinding and later cause more problems for you and the other team members!

This is because Visual Studio already knows a great...