PRB: Invalid Handle on Client When Journal_Text Set to Bad Path (162530)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0a
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0a
This article was previously published under Q162530

SYMPTOMS

In the Visual SourceSafe Administrator, if the "Log all actions in Journal File" (located on the Tools ... Options ... General tab) is set to a Bad or Non- Existent path for client workstations, you might see one of the following errors:
Invalid Handle
Invalid DOS path: <path to the journal file>
This occurs on the client workstation when you perform operations that log to the journal file, such as check out or check in.

CAUSE

When you set the "Log all actions in Journal File," it sets the Journal_File variable in the Srcsafe.ini on the server. Clients access this file by the Srcsafe.ini on the local workstation by responding to the #include < path to server Srcsafe.ini > line.

Since the local Visual SourceSafe workstation uses the server settings when the Journal_File path cannot be resolved (that is, the drive or directory structure does not exist for that workstation), these errors result when the local Visual SourceSafe workstation executes an operation that writes an entry into the journal file.

RESOLUTION

When setting a location for the journal file, make sure that all Visual SourceSafe clients can see the path to the file. Microsoft network users or users of networks supporting Universal Naming Convention (UNC) pathing should consider using a UNC path to the journal file location. In cases where UNC pathing is not desired or available, set a common drive mapping on all client computers to the journal file location.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start the Visual SourceSafe Administrator. On the Tools menu, click Options and then click the General tab.
  2. On the General tab, set the "Log all actions in Journal File" to Non- Existent Drive for the client workstation.
  3. In the Visual SourceSafe Explorer, perform a check out or check in operation.
  4. When the check out or check in operation attempts to write the details of the operation to the journal file, an Invalid Handle message occurs on the client workstation.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/4/2001
Keywords:kbprb KB162530
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