Create a Project

While it is possible to add files to Source Safe without creating projects it is not adisable, projects to Source Safe are folders/directories to operating systems. No competant developer would ever put the source code for all his/her applications into a single directory (likely even a single application is spread across multiple folders) since it would create an organizational nightmare. Projects and Subprojects will allow SourceSafe users to keep their work organized and to efficiently find what they are looking for.

A project should be thought of as a group of related files which quite often are all needed to create a given software component. SourceSafe though, can also be used for non-software version control for example, reports. SourceSafe can store multiple versions of a report and facilitate group development of complex reports as well as aid in moving reports from development to production.

1. This tutorial will is showing a Source Safe database with no projects in it, to create an intial project or a new main project first click on the $/ folder.
   
   
   
2. Then select file from the main menu and then Create Project...
   
   
   
3. The Create Project dialog will appear prompting for the Project Name and a comment for the project - The Project name is required whereas teh comment is not however it is highly recommended. The comment will allow other developers to gain a quick understanding of the project's nature.
   
   
   
   
4. Click OK and the project will appear in the Project list, below is a view of source safe with several projects.