How VSS Handles Files ?

How VSS Handles Files

     

Differences in how VSS treats binary and text files:

Storing changes - Internally, VSS uses different mechanisms for storing changes for text files (which have distinct lines as units of comparison) and binary files (which have no obvious line delimiter). That's why it is important for VSS to correctly identify the type of a file. VSS identifies files as binary if a NULL character exists in the file.

Source code control

The management of a file's changes history and the file's relation to a larger grouping of related files known as a project. Source code control is a vital part of the efficient development of software applications. VSS is a project-oriented source code control.

Version Control

VSS can maintain multiple versions of a file, including a record of the changes to the file from version to version.Like: Team coordination

Version tracking, Cross-platform development, Reusable or object-oriented code

what is Visual SourceSafe ?

OVERVIEW

Microsoft VSS helps you manage your projects, regardless of the file type (text files, graphics files, binary files, sound files, or video files) by saving them to a database. When you need to share files between two or more projects, you can share them quickly and efficiently. When you add a file to VSS, the file is backed up on the database, made available to other people, and changes that have been made to the file are saved so you can recover an old version at any time. Members of your team can see the latest version of any file, make changes, and save a new version in the database. When a file (or set of files) is ready to deliver to another person, group, Web site, or any other location, VSS makes it easy to share and secure different versions of the selected set of files.

What exactly is VSS?

Version control is a critical facet of team software and Web site development, preventing users from accidental file loss, allowing back-tracking to previous versions, branching, merging and the managing of releases. Visual SourceSafe provides this robust versioning and configuration management functionality along with security and audit trail capabilities. Visual SourceSafe, simply put, is a source control system. Source control is highly desirable when developing software, web sites, or anywhere you may want to compare two versions of a file or return to a previous version.

What are the VSS System Requirements? 

Computer/Processor: PC with 486DX/66 MHz or higher processor; Pentium or higher processor recommended.  Memory: 16 MB RAM for Windows 95 or later (32 MB recommended); 24 MB for Windows NT 4.0 (32 MB recommended). Hard Disk: Client: Typical Install: 59MB; Max. Install: 72 MB; Server: Typical Install: 128 MB; Max. Install: 141 MB;