Visual SourceSafe 6 Training

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Course Outline - Visual SourceSafe 6 Training

Level 1 (2 Hrs 5 Mins)

1.0 What is Version Control Software? (11 Mins)
1.1 Definition & Advantages
1.2 Products
1.3 Techniques
2.0 Introduction to VSS (14 Mins)
2.1 VSS Defined
2.2 Basic Components
2.3 System Requirements
2.4 Librarian Capabilities
2.5 Version Control
2.6 Project Oriented
2.7 Team Coordination
2.8 Other
3.0 Installing VSS (35 Mins)
3.1 Installation Options
3.2 Conversion Issues
4.0 Using VSS The Basics (52 Mins)
4.1 Starting VSS
4.2 The VSS Explorer
 4.3 Projects
4.4 Adding & Removing Files
4.5 Working Folder
4.6 Checking Out
4.7 Edit/View
4.8 Checking In
5.0 Administrating VSS the Basics (9 Mins)
5.1 Getting started
5.2 Administration Security
5.3 Users
5.4 Options (General & Project Tabs )
6.0 Reporting the Basics (6 Mins)
6.1 General Printing
6.2 Report Types
6.3 Right-click Menu Reports
6.4 Examples of Reports
7.0 Version 6.0 Differences (8 Mins)
7.1 Version 6.0 Enhancements

Level 2 (1 Hr 57 Mins)

1.0 Using VSS Advanced Features (58 Mins)
1.1 Adv. Explorer Topics
1.2 IDE Integration
1.3 Sharing
1.4 Versioning
1.5 Differences
1.6 PIN
1.7 Rollback
1.8 Cloaking & Database Capabilities
2.0 Advanced Administrative Options (26 Mins)
2.1 Databases
2.2 Back up
 2.3 Security
2.4 Options
3.0 Web Project Administration (19 Mins)
3.1 Overview
3.2 Web Related Commands
3.3 Deployment
3.4 Check Hyperlinks
3.5 Examples
3.6 Site Map
4.0 Command Line Utilities (5 Mins)
4.1 Overview of different Utilities
5.0 Tips & Add ON's (7 Mins)
5.1 Tips
5.2 Add ON's

Level 3 (1 Hr 46 Mins)

1.0 Command-Line Interface (28 Mins)
1.1 What is the Command-Line Interface?
1.2 How to use the Command-Line
1.3 Command-Line Interface Options
1.4 Creating alternatives to commands & Listing the 40 Commands
1.5 Examples of using the Command-Line Options
2.0 Keyword Expansion (18 Mins)
2.1 What is Keyword Expansion & how to set it up
2.2 Keywords
2.3 Formatting Keywords
 2.4 Using Keyword Expansion
3.0 Programming for Visual Source Safe (46 Mins)
3.1 Programming General Issues
3.2 Driving a VSS Database
3.3 Registering to Receive VSS Events
3.4 The VSS Object Model
3.5 Error Codes
3.6 Code Examples
4.0 INI Files (11 Mins)
4.1 Major INI Files
4.2 INI File Data
4.3 Caveat on using INI Files