Fortress Window not available in VS 2005 - vista 64

silentiger · Post by **silentiger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:22 pm

I have set Fortress as the source control client in the VS settings and can manipulate the advanced options but Fortress does not appear in the list of Other Windows. I am running Windows Vista 64 Ultimate but all the other members of the development team are running eith Windows XP or Vista 32.

How do I get the Fortress windows and the integrated environment to work in Visual Studio 2005?

I have tried uninstall/install the client

thanks in advance

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:09 pm

I'm still checking into this. I think I might have reproduced it, but not sure.

Can you see the Pending Checkins area?

Are the results the same if you open a solution that is source controlled?

silentiger · Post by **silentiger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:36 pm

I loaded a projec in and out of control and don't see a pending checkin area in either case. If I right-click the files in the solution explorer I have the Fortress options in the context menu that offer check in/out etc. From the non-controlled project I have the option of adding the project to Fortress.

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:01 am

If you go to View, you don't have an option to see a Pending Changes window?

What version of Fortress are you running?

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:12 pm

Do you have any undocked windows? If so, dock those.

dist0rti0n · Post by **dist0rti0n** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:42 pm

I'm experiencing the same problem. I'm running Vista x64 and I cannot see the Fortress toolbar listed in View --> Toolbars or the Fortress window listed under the View menu.

I am able to see the Fortress Pending changes window however.

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:37 am

distortion: Are your windows docked? If you move any floating windows around, you should see some arrows appear to give you a location to put them.

dist0rti0n · Post by **dist0rti0n** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:20 am

Yes, all of my windows are docked, but I'm not seeing how that would affect my ability to select the Fortress Toolbar from the toolbar window or make the Fortress window selectable from the list of available windows in visual studio.

Are you saying that if I undock all of my windows and move them around that it may make these options become available?

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:25 pm

Are you saying that if I undock all of my windows and move them around that it may make these options become available?

It's actually the other way around. Once the windows are docked, then one is supposed to be able to do a View - Fortress.

dist0rti0n · Post by **dist0rti0n** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:11 pm

I still can't see the Fortress Tool bar listed under View --> Toolbars.

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:44 pm

Which client do you have set in Tools - Options - Source Control?

mskrobul · Post by **mskrobul** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:25 pm

There was an issue installing Fortress on windows 64 that has been addressed in the upcoming 1.1 release. Another symptom of this issue is that there is no Fortress Window option under the View menu.

Go to your registry and look for the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\{bf3a1c52-1b02-421b-b8db-2700bc98e85f}

See if the value "CodeBase" is there. If not add it.
The string value should be the path to FortressVsipClient.dll (by default it
is C:\Program Files (x86)\SourceGear\Fortress Client\FortressVsipClient.dll)

Then run devenv.exe /setup from a command line.

That should fix the problem. You do not need to have the window docked anywhere to have access to the Fortress toolbar or Fortress window.

dist0rti0n · Post by **dist0rti0n** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:50 pm

That fixed it, thanks!