Email alert, if files checked in/out 1

[Guest_imported]

Hello,
I would like to know, if VSS can send an email alert, if files are checked IN/OUT.

Thanx in advance,
Gautam

 

[kamikrazy]

You have two options, code your solution, or buy a 3rd party application.

Microsoft has information on how to do this at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvss/html/vssauto.asp

The only application I've seen that will do this is SourceVizor (

http://www.teamvizor.com).

I coded my own solution by creating an add-in DLL that traps certain events. For the e-mail notification, I use the BeforeCheckIn and AfterCheckIn event handlers to generate the email.

kamikrazy@yahoo.com

 

[AlexNeil]

The microsoft article that Kamikrazy suggests looks really good - it takes you through all the detail required to create an ActiveX DLL to interface with SourceSafe. I've read through it, and now started using it, but I have a runtime error with VB:-

"User defined type not defined" - which refers to the VSSApp bit in the code below.

Implements IVSSEventHandler
Dim WithEvents VSSHandler As VSSApp

I've added the SourceSafe Type Library to my project references. Does anyone what I need to include/define in order to get VSSApp recognised?