RE: Extracting copy of RoboHelp project from Visual SourceSafe

["Will Sansbury" <wsansbury -at- alpha -dot- ipswitch -dot- com>]

Hi, Sally!

> I have tried making a local copy in a folder other than my local
> SourceSafe working folder (both using 'get local copy' from within
> SourceSafe, and copy and paste in Windows Explorer), but the second
> copy is still tied in to the same SourceSafe copy. What I would ideally
> like is to make a second copy, and then disconnect that copy from
> SourceSafe so that I can do what I like with the copy, without
> effecting the SourceSafe copy. When I tried using the 'remove from
> sourcesafe' option from within RoboHelp it deleted the file from
> SourceSafe.

This is very probably *not* the best method, but it's the only one I've
found that works. Don't let IT see you doing it.  :)

1. Copy your local project to another folder.
2. This is the unorthodox step.  Unplug your network connection.
3. Launch the copy of the project.  RoboHelp will ask if you want to break
the VSS connection.  
4. Say yes.  The project opens up and it's no longer associated with VSS.
5. Plug your network cable back in.

This process came about from about two solid weeks of rabid cursing, pulling
out my own hair in gigantic chunks, and damning VSS and RoboHelp to the
lowest pits of the inferno.  

Maybe someone else has a better method.  I've heard you can edit the XPJ's
vc::provider section, but I've never gotten that to work.

Good luck!
Will Sansbury
Ipswitch 

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