MOD2000: You Can Log on to Visual SourceSafe from Visual Basic Editor with a Blank Username Box (236495)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
This article was previously published under Q236495
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

SYMPTOMS

You are able to log on to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe by using a blank username from a Visual Basic for Applications project in Microsoft Excel 2000 and Microsoft Word 2000. After you log on, you are able to add, check out, and check in projects. This behavior occurs even when the SourceSafe Administrator is password protected.

CAUSE

When you click Add Project to SourceSafe or Run SourceSafe in the Visual Basic Editor, the OK button on the Visual SourceSafe Login dialog box is available if the Username box does not contain any text.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this behavior, disable the Use network name for automatic user log in feature of Visual SourceSafe. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Open Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Administrator.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
  3. Click to clear the Use network name for automatic user log in check box.
After you implement this workaround, you receive the following message if you leave the Username box empty.

User "" not found

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

  1. Open a new Excel workbook.
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
  3. On the File menu, click Save projectname, and in the Save As dialog box, click Save.
  4. On the Add-ins menu, point to VBA Source Code Control, and then click Add Project to SourceSafe.NOTE: If you do not get the choice for VBA Source Code Control on the Add-ins menu, first click Add-in Manager on the Add-ins menu, select VBA Source Code Control in the list, click to select the Loaded/Unloaded check box, and then click OK.

  5. Delete the name in the Username box, and then click OK. Note that nothing happens.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/6/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB236495
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