Why does MATLAB 6.5 (R13) recognize my source control, but then indicate that it is not installed and fail to load it?

Why does MATLAB 6.5 (R13) recognize my source control, but then indicate that it is not installed and fail to load it?

I have a Microsoft Common Source Control compliant (SSC standard) application installed. I see that MATLAB recognizes it by choosing the Command Window menu, "File-->Preferences...-->General-->Source Control". My installed source control application is listed.

I then go to the Editor/Debugger's "File-->Source Control" menu, and select "Start Source Control System...", since it's the only option that is enabled. This gives me one of the following errors:

 Source control provider is not present or not installed properly.

OR

 Failed to Load Source code control provider.

What else can I do?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 2 (R14SP2). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:

For MATLAB to recognize your Microsoft Common Source Control compliant (SSC standard) application, make sure the following registry key is present:

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SourceCodeControlProvider\InstalledSCCProviders

This registry key will point you to another key similar to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SourceSafe\SccServerPath

This key will have a path to a DLL-file in the file system. Make sure this DLL-file exists in the location indicated. If it is not, you need to reinstall your source control application.

If you are not familiar with registry keys, you should contact your system administrator for help.

Some customers have reported that they are still unable to start the source control system from MATLAB even after making sure these registry keys and the DLL-file exist. This problem has been seen when using either MKS or VSS Explorer, but is not limited to these applications. This issue has been forwarded to our development staff for further investigation. Currently there are no known workarounds.