# FB5: Adding project to Perforce Source Control

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [November 14, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260 "2006-11-14T07:19:45Z")
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### Author: ![nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b9e5f3/32.png) [@nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nelsonwolf)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/1 "2006-11-14T07:19:45Z")

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Hi,What are the exact steps for adding FB5 project to Perforce SCM?I keep getting an error: “Could not query file status: Non-specific failure, no action whas taken” when selecting File-\>Source Control-\>Add Project to Source Control.Thanks

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/2 "2006-11-15T12:11:09Z")

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Eugene,  
  
What version of Perforce and FinalBuilder are you using?

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### Author: ![nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b9e5f3/32.png) [@nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nelsonwolf)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/3 "2006-11-15T01:17:59Z")

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I am using Perforce 2006.1 and FinalBuilder 5.00.60

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/4 "2006-11-15T04:09:21Z")

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thanks… Angus (our resident SCCAPI expert) is off today - will get him to look at this tomorrow.

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/5 "2006-11-15T11:13:59Z")

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Hi Eugene,  
  
It’s possible to have the Perforce SCC plugin output a log with the operations which it has undertaken. Unfortunately, FB’s SCC support doesn’t include “advanced options” support, and this is where the Perforce people have put this option (even though it is a global option.)  
  
To enable it, you can edit your Perforce settings file manually. It will be a file called ‘settings’ in the directory C:\Documents and Settings\<username\>.p4scc  
  
You’ll need to set four lines so they look like this:  
  
LogFile=yes  
LogAll=yes  
LogFileName=C%3A/Documents%20and%20Settings/Angus/.p4scc/log.txt (insert file path here)  
LogFileSize=1024  
  
(The lines are probably already there, but they may have different values for these settings.)  
  
After that, could you extract the log data which shows Perforce failing and attach it here, or send it to us at [support@finalbuilder.com](mailto:support@finalbuilder.com)? Thanks for your assistance in this.  
  
Regards,  
  
  
Angus  
  
PS Have you changed any of the options on the SCC Options page in FinalBuilder?

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/6 "2006-11-16T12:45:29Z")

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Hi Eugene,  
  
Please disregard the previous post (I’ll keep it there in case people need to know how to enable logging on Perforce.) There was a bug in the FB SCC Provider, which has now been fixed. A test build will be out shortly.  
  
- Angus

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### Author: ![nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b9e5f3/32.png) [@nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nelsonwolf)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/7 "2006-11-16T12:46:43Z")

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Hi Angus,Here is the log file.Thanks

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### Author: ![nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b9e5f3/32.png) [@nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nelsonwolf)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/8 "2006-11-16T12:48:02Z")

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Angus,Ok, no problem. I will wait for a new build then.-Eugene

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/9 "2006-11-16T12:50:53Z")

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Drat, crossed posts. Sorry for the inconvenience. We’ll have a test build for you later today (our time.)

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb5-adding-project-to-perforce-source-control/260/10 "2006-11-16T06:49:25Z")

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Hi Eugene,  
  
The test build is now available. If you get a chance, please download it and let us know how you go:  
  
[https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/500/FB500\_69.exe](https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/500/FB500_69.exe)  
  
Regards,  
  
Angus
