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M1.3/M1.4: Design Manager: "illegal command line for invoking the Flow Engine"


Record #2141

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  M1 Graphical/General

Problem Title:
M1.3/M1.4: Design Manager: "illegal command line for invoking the Flow
Engine"



Problem Description:
Keywords: M1, Design Manager, Flow Engine, illegal command line, space

Urgency: Standard

General Description:
After creating a new design in the M1 Design Manager and selecting Implement,
a message box appears with this error message:

  Flow Engine

      Illegal command line for invoking the Flow Engine


Solution 1:

This error will be produced if the input design file is located in a directory
that has spaces in the directory path name.  The M1 software will accept long
file names (greater than 8 characters), but will not accept spaces in
directory names, as the software interprets the single path to be multiple
arguments.

The solution is to simply remove any spaces in the directory structure.

For example:

C:\my files\design.edn

should be changed to

C:\myfiles\design.edn



End of Record #2141