Running different editions of Rhapsody on the same client on a Windows system

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You can run different editions of the product with a separate rhapsody.ini file for each edition for which you have a license and want to use on the same client on a Microsoft Windows system. The rhapsody.ini file is stored in the installation directory.

About this task

You do not need administrator privileges to set up different editions on the computer.

Procedure

  1. Install Rhapsody Developer.
  2. Go to Document and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\IBM Rational® \IBM Rational Tools\IBM Rational Rhapsody version number. For example:

    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\IBM Rational \IBM Rational Tools\IBM Rational Rhapsody version number

    This directory contains links for the different languages, depending on your installation. The possible values are:

    • Ada
    • C
    • C++
    • Java
  3. Copy the Rhapsody Developer edition folder and rename the copied folder to the edition you want, such as Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers.
  4. Navigate to the newly renamed folder.
  5. Right-click the Rhapsody for C++ link and select Properties.
  6. Replace the -dev_ed switch with -system_designer -lang=cpp, so that Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers (edition for C++ only) can be used, and select a Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers license. The other edition switches are:
    • -dev_ed is the Rhapsody Developer edition.
    • -system_architect is the Rhapsody Architect for Systems Engineers edition.
    • -architect is the Rhapsody Architect for Software edition.
    • The -lang= parameter can be ada, c, cpp, or java, if a language is available for a product.