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Ted Roche
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Contributing Editor, FoxPro Advisor
Author, Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro 3.0 and 6.0
Agenda: Team Development
Visual SourceSafe
Project Objects & Hooks
Anomaly Tracking System
Visual SourceSafe
Nearly Automatic Backups
Ability to trace source history
Support for multiple programmers
Prevents “lost” code
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VSS: The mechanism
Works within Project Manager
PJX file modified to support
PJM file is the PM text-equivalent
Additional menu options
Can be manipulated programmatically
VSS: The Demo
DEMO
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VSS: The challenge
<°œ:" File-server, not client-server
No Web interface
Poor on low bandwidth connections
Difficult to share projects between multiple sites
Opportunity: ActiveX
VSS: Sources of Info
Admin Help file
Command line interface
http://www.microsoft.com/ssafe
Office « VSS integration
Automation Documentation
Project Objects & Hooks
Great feature!
Hook your code to run when developer interacts with Project Manager
Automatically log actions
Develop metrics
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Project Objects & Hooks
DEMO
More on Projects
DEV-06: Managing Projects and Class Libraries - Doug Hennig
DEV-08: The Visual FoxPro 6.0 Framework and How to Extend It- Lisa Slater Nicholls
Anomaly Tracking System
Track All Project Issues
Automated To-Do List
Great Metrics:
When Found
When Fixed
How Many
Weak Areas
Anomaly Tracking System
DEMO
More on ATS
CSW-06: Creating Applications with Internet Explorer 4.0 and Visual FoxPro - Ken Levy
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