Problems With Visual Studio 2003 and Vault 1.1.2 (708)

[BowneUser]

I am transitioning to take over source control duties at my current position and need some assistance. I am currently using Vault Client 1.1.2 (708) with Visual Studio 2003 and SQL Server 2000 to work on an ASP.NET 1.1 product of ours. I am currently receiving the following error message when I try to load Visual Studio 2003:

The project '<virtual directory name>' is under source control. An error occurred registering this project with source control. It is recommended that you do not make any changes to this project.

Currently, I cannot get the entire project from Vault and thus cannot make any changes to our product. We are at a standstill with development. I am looking into upgrading Vault to the latest version, but I am not sure if this is an option considering we are still using Visual Studio 2003 and SQL Server 2000. For now, what can I do in order to fix this issue? Would an upgrade to the latest version of Vault solve this and many other problems we have had with Vault in the past?

[lbauer]

The latest version of Vault supports VS.NET 2003 and SQL Server 2000.
Whether this will solve the problems you've experienced depends on the types of problems. Many bugs have been fixed along the way and there are many new features.

Certainly support will be easier with the latest version, as we're not too familiar with Vault 1.x anymore.

Regarding the current problem:

I am currently receiving the following error message when I try to load Visual Studio 2003:

What steps are you taking to "load Visual Studio?" Did you do a Get with the Vault Client, then try to open the project?

The correct way would be to do an open from source control to clean working directories:

These are the steps to open from source control:

Backup or delete any of the project working directories on your local machine. If it's a web project, this includes the virtual directories and related items in the VSWebCache.

The open Visual Studio and select File->Source Control->Open from Source Control.

Set the path to the (empty) working directory and the files should be retrieved.

[BowneUser]

The latest version of Vault supports VS.NET 2003 and SQL Server 2000.
Whether this will solve the problems you've experienced depends on the types of problems. Many bugs have been fixed along the way and there are many new features.

Certainly support will be easier with the latest version, as we're not too familiar with Vault 1.x anymore.

Regarding the current problem:
Quote:
I am currently receiving the following error message when I try to load Visual Studio 2003:


What steps are you taking to "load Visual Studio?" Did you do a Get with the Vault Client, then try to open the project?

The correct way would be to do an open from source control to clean working directories:

These are the steps to open from source control:

Backup or delete any of the project working directories on your local machine. If it's a web project, this includes the virtual directories and related items in the VSWebCache.

The open Visual Studio and select File->Source Control->Open from Source Control.

Set the path to the (empty) working directory and the files should be retrieved.

I tried all of the steps that you mentioned above, but I still receive the following same error in the middle of opening the solution from source control:

The project 'DOD-WebUI-330' is under source control. An error occurred registering this project with source control. It is recommended that you do not make any changes to this project.

What other steps can I take in order to resolve this issue?

[lbauer]

Did this project ever work properly with Vault 1.1 and VS.NET 2003?

You could try unbinding and rebinding the project with the File->Source Control->Change Source Control command in VS.NET.

Also, check the MSSCCPRJ.SCC file to see if the bindings appear correct.