List of VSS folders slow to load

Problem:

When configuring a Visual Source Safe in particular, retrieving a list of folders to search within a selected branch can take a long time to load. This can also be the case with other source code version control systems.

Solution:

Rather then using a native connection to the version control system within Find it EZ project source settings, alternatively, you can recursively pull a copy of a branch using the native version control system client to save a temporary copy of all folders and files to your local workstation. Then, configure searching the local copy of the documents using the "Local or Network Folders" path rather than a connection to the version control system source within your Find it EZ project.

This will eliminate the overhead and latency with use of the vendor connector API as well as any possible network bottlenecks when retrieving remote folders and documents.