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VB 6.0 Save Tracking Add-In?
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p***@gmail.com
2007-01-31 14:41:54 UTC
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Is there any Add-In available that will log which computer or user
saves a file in VB. We've got about 6 developers, and have no
interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it was that
saved a file last.

Any help in locating an add-in with save tracking abilities would be
greatly appreciated.
Mark J. McGinty
2007-02-01 01:11:15 UTC
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Post by p***@gmail.com
Is there any Add-In available that will log which computer or user
saves a file in VB. We've got about 6 developers, and have no
interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it was that
saved a file last.
That is a contradiction in terms, a source control is exactly what you need.
(No, I am not aware of any other such controls.)


-Mark
Post by p***@gmail.com
Any help in locating an add-in with save tracking abilities would be
greatly appreciated.
Ralph
2007-02-01 12:16:15 UTC
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Post by Mark J. McGinty
Post by p***@gmail.com
Is there any Add-In available that will log which computer or user
saves a file in VB. We've got about 6 developers, and have no
interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it was that
saved a file last.
That is a contradiction in terms, a source control is exactly what you need.
(No, I am not aware of any other such controls.)
-Mark
Post by p***@gmail.com
Any help in locating an add-in with save tracking abilities would be
greatly appreciated.
LOL

Why do I feel the presence of a pointy-haired boss?

-ralph
Mark J. McGinty
2007-02-01 18:02:08 UTC
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Post by Ralph
Post by Mark J. McGinty
Post by p***@gmail.com
Is there any Add-In available that will log which computer or user
saves a file in VB. We've got about 6 developers, and have no
interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it was that
saved a file last.
That is a contradiction in terms, a source control is exactly what you
need.
Post by Mark J. McGinty
(No, I am not aware of any other such controls.)
-Mark
Post by p***@gmail.com
Any help in locating an add-in with save tracking abilities would be
greatly appreciated.
LOL
Why do I feel the presence of a pointy-haired boss?
I'm self-employed, but regardless, do you disagree?


-Mark
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-ralph
Ralph
2007-02-02 04:49:04 UTC
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Post by Mark J. McGinty
Post by Ralph
Post by Mark J. McGinty
Post by p***@gmail.com
Is there any Add-In available that will log which computer or user
saves a file in VB. We've got about 6 developers, and have no
interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it was that
saved a file last.
That is a contradiction in terms, a source control is exactly what you
need.
Post by Mark J. McGinty
(No, I am not aware of any other such controls.)
-Mark
Post by p***@gmail.com
Any help in locating an add-in with save tracking abilities would be
greatly appreciated.
LOL
Why do I feel the presence of a pointy-haired boss?
I'm self-employed, but regardless, do you disagree?
I meant to show complete agreement with you.
My comment was directed to the original OP.

"... and have no interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it
was that saved a file last." Has to be a classic.

-ralph
p***@gmail.com
2007-02-02 16:02:54 UTC
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Post by Mark J. McGinty
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Post by Mark J. McGinty
Post by p***@gmail.com
Is there any Add-In available that will log which computer or user
saves a file in VB. We've got about 6 developers, and have no
interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it was that
saved a file last.
That is a contradiction in terms, a source control is exactly what you
need.
Post by Mark J. McGinty
(No, I am not aware of any other such controls.)
-Mark
Post by p***@gmail.com
Any help in locating an add-in with save tracking abilities would be
greatly appreciated.
LOL
Why do I feel the presence of a pointy-haired boss?
I'm self-employed, but regardless, do you disagree?
I meant to show complete agreement with you.
My comment was directed to the original OP.
"... and have no interest in VSS, but we are interested in knowing who it
was that saved a file last." Has to be a classic.
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Its funny I'm not a pointy haired boss, but upon reading my first
post, I definitely came off that way.

With the project we work on there are alot of files, and because it is
dynamic enough I never know which file I will be working on until I'm
running the project, when I find something I'd like to tweak, I'm in a
debug environment with runtime data that I can't recapture. The
traditional check-in check-out doesn't work well because when I want
to adjust the code I can't stop the project to re-check out a file
that I didn't have checked out in the first place.

I work for a small company, but there are 5 coders, and I was just
hoping to find something that would log when somebody saved a file.

Mark was probably right when he said: " source control is exactly what
you need" - we do need source contol, we tried VSS and it didn't work
well for us. Does somebody out there work with something they like
more?

Aaron
Ralph
2007-02-02 16:20:28 UTC
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Glad you have a sense of humor. I do tend to get rather snide.

Not sure I completely understand the environment you are intending to
create. But as McGinty noted - multiple developer/source issues is exactly
what SCCSs were designed for.

Have you checked into using separate 'sandboxes' for each developer (each of
which shares out of a common storage), and thus allowing each to 'pin' the
versions they are currently working on? That means you can simply check-out
all the files in your 'sandbox' and only grab new when you want to.

You can also use 'keywords' to embed the kind of information you are looking
for. ie, upining a file and capturing the latest would show what you want to
know within the file.

I believe if you play with VSS a while longer you will discover a
configuration that will be ideal for your problem domain, though you may
need to adjust your current practices a bit.

-ralph

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