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 Design Manager M1.3/M1.4/M1.5: "illegal command line for invoking the Flow Engine", produced when spaces are used in the path; basut 215 
 
 Record #2141
Product Family:  Software 
 
Product Line:  M1 Graphical/General 
 
Product Part:  dsgnmgr 
 
Product Version:  1.5 
 
Problem Title: 
Design Manager M1.3/M1.4/M1.5: "illegal command line for invoking the Flow Engine", produced
when spaces are used in the path; basut 215 
 
 
 
Problem Description: 
Urgency: Standard 
 
General Description: 
 
After creating a new design in the M1 Design Manager and 
selecting Implement->Run, a message box may appear with the 
following error message: 
 
"illegal command line for invoking the Flow Engine" 
 
 
Solution 1: 
 
Beginning with the 1.5 release, this msg has been made 
obsolete and replaced with a more comprehensible one. 
 
This error is 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. 
 
Workaround: 
 
Remove any spaces in the directory structure.  Using underscores is 
one alternative. 
 
For Example: 
 
C:\my files\design.edn 
 
should be changed to 
 
C:\my_files\design.edn 
 
NOTE: Starting with the M1.5 release, the Design Manager will automatically 
prompt the user with a notification if and when spaces are detected in the 
path.  The following message will appear when opening an existing project 
as well when a new project is created: 
 
"The entry D:\path\to\intro lab\introlab.xpj contains spaces.  Currently 
spaces are not supported." 
 
 
 
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