Troubleshooting
Problem
Attempts to create a new project in a certain location results in the "XDE Websphere Software Workbench (WSW) and XDE for Websphere Application Developer (WSAD) error: invalid project description."
Symptom
"Invalid project description" error occurs during attempts to create a new project in a certain location.
The message usually appears when the default workspace location is changed.
Creating a project in the same directory twice will cause the error when the directory is other than the default workspace.
For example if a project was once created in c:\temp, > this message might appear if another project is created in that same directory.
Cause
This is a limitation in Eclipse.
For whatever reason, Eclipse does not permit projects to be rooted to the Workspace folder, *unless* said location is the default location for the new project, based on the project name.
Probably a rule they enforce to keep their project metadata from getting confused.
Resolving The Problem
Change the Default location.
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Document Information
More support for:
Rational XDE Java
Software version:
2002.05.20
Operating system(s):
Windows
Document number:
327473
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21130034