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Hi, I cannot get the VSS plugin to work with MyEclipse 2014. The plugin is recognized. I can select Team, Share Project, and the VSS Configuration Wizard appears. The problem is, when I enter all of the information (user ID, password, VSS location, etc.), the “Finish” button remains disabled.
I am wondering if this plugin is simply too old to keep up with the latest version of MyEclipse.
Update: I see the following error message. Is there a way to fix this plugin?
The plugin “org.vssplugin” with the version “1.6.2” and location “reference:file:dropins/org.vssplugin_1.6.2/” is an old style Eclipse 2.0 plugin with no OSGi bundle manifest. Support for Eclipse 2.0 style plugins will be removed in a future release. Refer to the migration guide for details.
ibstmt,
Sorry that you are seeing this issue.
I am unable to install VSS plugin at my end on MyEclipse 2014. Can you please mention the exact steps in detail to install the VSS plugin at my end ?
Can you please check whether the VSS 1.6.2 plugin works with Eclipse 4.3 version, as MyEclipse 2014 is based on Eclipse 4.3 ? If you are seeing any VSS issues in Eclipse 4.3, I suggest you cross post to Eclipse forums for better support.
I just dropped the plugin folder (org.vssplugin_1.6.2) into the dropins folder. Once that is there, when I start MyEclipse, I can right-click on a project and select Team, Share Project, and then select VSS Configuration Wizard.
But, the configuration wizard won’t allow me to move forward no matter what. Note that I recently upgraded from MyEclipse 10 on Windows XP to MyEclipse 2014 on Windows 7. It worked under the former, but not the latter.
ibstmt,
What exact error do you see on the Configuration Wizard ? Please attach a screenshot of the Configuration Wizard if possible.
The VSS plugin 1.6.2 works on Eclipse 3.x (Eclipse 3.8 is the base for MyEclipse 2013) but I didn’t find any reference of it working on Eclipse 4.x. I suggest you check if the version of the VSS plugin works as expected on Eclipse 4.3 which is the base for MyEclipse 2014 as the VSS plugin is a third party plugin.
Let us know how it works for you.
The Configuration Wizard doesn’t display an error. It simply never enables the “Next” or “Finish” buttons no matter what I enter, making it impossible to complete the process.
I have a feeling that I am out of luck, because the person who wrote the VSS plugin abandoned the project a long time ago, so it’s a dead project. Maybe I will try to create an updated version myself.
ibstmt,
I suggest you might as well check Subversion as an alternative to VSS.
Let us know if you see any issues with MyEclipse.The problem is that the 32-bit Source Safe DLL cannot be opened inside the 64-bit Eclipse environment. This is a common problem with 64-bit Windows environments. There are some registry hacks for this, but they don’t work in this particular situation.
Migrating to Subversion is out of the question. That would be a huge headache, and Subversion has its own issues.
I thought about installing the 32-bit version of MyEclipse 2014 Professional (as a second installation), but it does not let me do that. The installer sees that I already have it installed, and will only let me update it. It doesn’t give the option to install a second copy. I am using the online installer:
myeclipse-pro-2014-GA-online-installer-windows.exe
ibstmt,
For MyEclipse 2014, you need to delete the MyEclipse entry from ‘C:\Users\<username>\.deliverycenter.installs’ file and then rerun the MyEclipse 2014 installer and follow the wizard to install another copy of MyEclipse.
Let us know if you see any issues.
Do I have to install in a different location, or can I overwrite? Can I use the same workspace?
Also, I already have a number of projects set up. Do I need to set these up all over again?
ibstmt,
You can’t install to the same location if you want both versions to be available. Yes, the same workspace can be used by both, but not at the same time. However, note that the 32 bit installation will use a 32 bit compiler, by default, unless you have added a 64 bit JDK and used that for your projects. This isn’t necessarily a problem as projects will be rebuilt before deployment, but you should be aware of it.
There is no need to set up your projects again, if you are using the same workspace. If you wish to use different workspaces, you can import projects from one workspace to the other but, if you do this, you should ensure that the projects are copied to the new workspace during the import, to avoid conflicts (the import wizard has an option for the copy).
I hope this helps; let us know if you have further questions.
