Shared files are not marked with any special icon

Shared files are not marked with any special icon

• David_Kline_MSFT

  I was sure about that and that's why I marked this thread as 'Comment' and not 'Question'. I just hope there will be done something about it, since using shared files this way seems a little risky!

  
  
  

• Matt Winkler

  papadi wrote:

  I noticed that source safe shared files are not marked with any special icon in the solution explorer.

  Are you sure   I just shared a .cs file between two projects and it now has a different icon. 
  
  The shared file icon looks like the regular file icon with a small boxed arrow over the lower left corner - a bit like a shortcut icon.
  
  What kind of file are you sharing  
  

• Tigraine

  Thanks for reporting this. I opened a suggestion bug for this, but it's unlikely we are going to change this behavior for VS 2005 release. Hopefully we'll fix it in next realease...
  
  Thanks,
  Alin
  

• smaggi

  I'm sure. I just tried it one more time (and in a different machine this time since I'm at home). The icon remains the same. I also tried it in C#, since my first attempt was with VB.
  My SourceSafe version is 6d but I dont' think this is relevant!

  
  
  

• Johnny Bug

  
  Hello,
  
  You are probably referring to Visual Studio, and indeed there is no special icon for shared files inside Visual Studio.
  
  You can always determine whether a file is shared by looking at its source control properties (File->Source Control->Properties) inside Visual Studio or by opening the SourceSafe explorer.
  
  Regards,
  
  -Alfredo
  
  
• Shared files are not marked with any special icon