BUG: Visual SourceSafe Help System Searches for Wrong HLP File

 Last reviewed: February 28, 1997
Article ID: Q141547
4.00 5.00 | 4.00 5.00 
WINDOWS   | WINDOWS NT
kbusage kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 4.0, 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 95, versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When Visual SourceSafe is started and an invalid user name is entered, the "User not found" dialog box appears. If you click the Help button or press the F1 key, the appropriate Visual SourceSafe Help file is not called.

When Help is invoked from the User Not Found dialog box, one of the following occurs:

  • You are prompted with this question: 

          Cannot find the ...\SSEXP.HLP file. Do you want to try to
      find this file yourself?

    NOTE: This file is not installed with Visual SourceSafe 4.0.

    -or-

  • The following error message appears and a blank Windows Help screen appears. 

          Cannot find Help file

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbusage kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: SourceSafe vbwin
Additional reference words: 4.00 5.00
Keywords : SourceSafe vbwin kbbuglist kbusage
Version : 4.00 5.00 | 4.00 5.00
Platform : NT WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 28, 1997
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