BUG: Visual Basic .FRX File Not Added to SourceSafe

ID: Q141058

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0
Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 4.0, 5.0
Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows 95, versions 4.0, 5.0
Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, 16-bit and 32-bit, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If a form with both an .frm and an .frx file exists in Visual Basic and in SourceSafe and the form is deleted from the Visual Basic project, adding a new form with the same name as the deleted form will omit adding the .frx file to the SourceSafe project.

RESOLUTION

In Steps to Reproduce Problem in the MORE INFORMATION section below, do the following between steps 3 and 4:

1. Run SourceSafe.

2. Select the SourceSafe project that stores the Visual Basic project.

3. From the File menu, choose Properties.

4. From the Deleted Items tab, purge the .frx and .frm that were deleted.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a form that has both an .frm and .frx file (binary) in Visual

   Basic by adding a control (such as a picturebox, grid, or other control)
   that contains binary information to a form. Then put the files in
   SourceSafe.

2. Check out the Project (.vbp file) from SourceSafe.

3. In Visual Basic, delete the form. Note that both the .frm and .frx

   files are deleted in SourceSafe.

4. In Visual Basic, create a new form that has the same name as the deleted

   form, which will require an .frx file (as described in Step 1.)

5. Save the new form, and when prompted, add the form to SourceSafe.

6. Answer No to the following prompt:

   A deleted file with this name already exists. Recover the existing file?

7. The .frm file is added to SourceSafe, but the .frx is not.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500bug kbVBp400bug 
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: June 10, 1999