Weird Problem 1

[thysonj]

I have a web application setup through VSS on a dev server.
I am able to check out files from my local machine adn edit them fine. I can check them in with no problem also. The problem is that the dev version(web site) doesn't get updated unless i actually go onto the dev server and open VSS and do a Get Latest.

I set up the shadow folder to be the web site directory but that doesn't seem to change anything. I have a feeling there is something setup incorreclty here but I cannot figure out what.

Essentially when someone checks in a new version I need it to update the db version and the web version. I thought a shadow folder would do this but for some reason it isn't.

ANy ideas on why this method isn't working or another way to do this?

 

[Madere]

Thysonj,

I have tested it but with me it works fine.
The file(s) in the shadow folder are only updated when the main file is checked in after a change.

A GET does not affect the files in the subfolder.

Does the user have read/write rights in the shadow folder?

Regards,

Madere.

 

[gvphubli]

this should work fine unless there is some user rights problem..on the destnation (shadow) folders..just check out.

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http://www.geocities.com/gvphubli

 

[thysonj]

we figured it out...the shadow folder was being implementexd incorrectly...

we were putting something like

d:/websites/commercial_zone/the_site/

instead of

10.0.0.8/the_site

seems weird to have to put in url but thats the way it worked.

thanks

 

[GandalfLeBlanc]

Hi!

I seem to have the same problem.
My DEV machine is not restricted in any way.
I check-out and check-in this WebProject on my machine and the Shadow project does not get updated.

The Shadow folder is set to: C:\INETPUB\

http://WWWROOT\NewWebSiteOfTheYear

SourceSafe Admin is installed locally on DEV machine, it is equipped with Windows2K and my machine is XP.

I tried to set it up to

http://DevMachine/NewWebSiteOfTheYear

and to 127.0.0.1/NewWebSiteOfTheYear

It does not work because it says that either this folder does not exist or it is not a valid DOS name... (haven't seen this error in a while ;-) )

So, I'm wondering how you achieved to set it up to 10.0.0.8/the_site

Hoping I can get help on this... thanks in advance!
GLB

ps: English is not my primary language, sorry for lengthy message and for lack of clarity... don't hesistate to correct me.