FP2000: How FrontPage Works With Visual SourceSafe

This article discusses how Microsoft FrontPage 2000 integrates with Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.

Integrating Microsoft Visual SourceSafe with FrontPage

If you want to use Microsoft Visual SourceSafe as a method of source control, you can integrate a new or existing Visual SourceSafe project with FrontPage. The source control actions that are performed in FrontPage will also be performed in Visual SourceSafe, as though the web author had used Visual SourceSafe directly.

For example, if a web author checks out a file in FrontPage, the file is also checked out in the Visual SourceSafe project. All files in the web will be tracked in the Visual SourceSafe project.

However, other Visual SourceSafe features (for example, viewing a file history or rolling back to a previous file version) must be performed in Visual SourceSafe. Because the Visual SourceSafe project is synchronized with FrontPage, file management actions you perform in FrontPage will be reflected in the Visual SourceSafe project:

Add or create a file

FrontPage adds the file to the Visual SourceSafe project.

Move or rename a file

The file is moved or renamed in the Visual SourceSafe project. Then, FrontPage checks out all pages that have hyperlinks to the moved or renamed page, updates these hyperlinks, saves the pages, and checks the pages back in.

Perform an action that affects other pages

Actions that affect other pages include applying a theme, modifying a shared border, or changing a file that is included in other pages. FrontPage checks out all pages that are affected by the change, updates the pages, saves them, and then checks them back in.

Delete a file

FrontPage deletes the page from the Visual SourceSafe project.

For information about how to integrate Visual SourceSafe with FrontPage, see "Overview of Server Extensions Source Control" in the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions Resource Kit.