Switching to Vault Enhanced Client in VS 2008

[kevinkenny]

Is this safe to do with existing projects that are already under source control?

We're using Vault 5.0.2.

Thanks
Kev

[Beth]

You can switch clients, but there is a process to it.

To switch to the Enhanced Client, you would perform the following:
1) Go to File - Source Control - Change Source Control.
2) Select all lines in the window that opens and click Unbind.
3) Click OK.
4) Go to Tools - Options - Source Control - Plug-in.
5) Select the Enhanced Client and click OK.
6) Go to File - Vault Source Control - Change Vault Bindings.
7) Select one line and click Bind.
8_) When the binding window opens, select the folder that element resides in and click OK.
9) Check that the status for that line is Valid.
10) Repeat on each line. When all are Valid, click OK.
11) Check in the changes to the .sln and project files.
12) All other users who work on that project need to use the same client, so they now need to set their Source Control to the Enhanced Client and perform an Open From Vault or to rebind like you did.

You may find the following FAQ helpful when working with the Enhanced Client: Visual Studio Enhanced IDE Client FAQ

[kevinkenny]

Hi Beth,

Thanks for the info.

Cheers
Kev

[Beth]

You're welcome.