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Login to DOORS client results in the error " Invalid DOORSHOME"

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to login to IBM Rational DOORS results in the error "Innvaild (pre-V8) DOORSHOME"

Symptom

You can not start the DOORS client.

  1. Attempts to login result in a sequence of DOORS report windows with error messages related to the client program files installation.The full error message is as follows:

    "Invaild (pre-V8) DOORSHOME for this DOORS executable"


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  2. When you Click OK to close the DOORS report a message window appears with an undeclared variable error. The full error message is as follows:

    "-E DXL: <layout/actual/common_globals.inc:1> undeclared variable (R) Included from:
    <c:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS9.3/lib/dxl/init.dxl:46>
    <Line:1>"



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  3. When you Click OK to close the DOORS report a message window appears with a badly formed token error. The full error message is as follows:

    "-E DXL: <layout/actual/common_globals.inc:1> badly formed token (Ctrl-@) Included from:
    <c:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS9.3/lib/dxl/init.dxl:46>
    <Line:1>"


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  4. When you Click OK the message window closes.

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Modified date:
01 May 2020

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