Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
This article contents is Microsoft Copyrighted material.
©2005-©2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Terms
of Use |
Trademarks
VSS 2005: 'Your source control plug-in caused an exception or reported a fatal error
| Article ID | : | 951948 |
| Last Review | : | April 18, 2008 |
| Revision | : | 1.1 |
Source: Microsoft Support
Back to the top
RAPID PUBLISHING
RAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.
Back to the top
Action
You attempt to add a solution to source control or open a solution that is under source control with the Visual SourceSafe Internet Plug-in. The solution can either be local or accessed over the Internet.
Back to the top
Result
You receive the following error:
Your source control plug-in caused an exception or reported a fatal error.
Source control integration will be disabled until Microsoft Visual Studio is restarted or you change your source control plug-in selection.
Back to the top
Cause
You have a VSS user name in Login ID (SourceSafe) text box of the Plug-In Settings dialog in Visual Studio that is longer than 31 characters.
Back to the top
Resolution
Change your VSS username to a value less than 31 characters.
These steps reproduce the problem:
1. Start Visual Studio 2005 or 2008.
2. Go to Tools|Options|SourceControl|Plug-in Settings, type a username that is longer than 31 characters in the Login ID (SourceSafe) text box. For example type:
domainThisisaveryverylongtestuse
Note that the control allows the long user name.
3. Create an empty solution and save it.
4. Try to add the solution to source control.
Back to the top
DISCLAIMER
MICROSOFT AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE (THE “MATERIALSâ€) FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE MATERIALS MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND MAY BE REVISED AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MICROSOFT AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND CONDITIONS WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON INFRINGEMENT, SATISFACTORY CONDITION OR QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS.
Back to the top
APPLIES TO
| • | Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 Standard Edition |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition |
Back to the top
Community Feedback System
Very often, it takes hours to solve a problem. Very often, you've looked high
and low, and have tried a lot of solutions. When you finally found it, chances
are, it was because someone else helped you. Here's your chance to give back.
Use our community feedback tool to let others know what worked for you and what
didn't.
Please also understand that the community feedback system is not warranted to be
correct, it's simply a system that we've built to let people try and help each
other. If something in a feedback response doesn't make sense to you, or you're
not comfortable making changes that the feedback talks about (like registry
edits), please consult a professional.
Thank you for using kbAlertz.com Feedback System.
-- Scott Cate
Be the first to leave feedback, to help others about this knowledge base
article.
(Optional) Name
(Optional)
Public URL Or Email
Comments
No
HTML -- Text Only Please