How to find out the name of the data server?

Hi All,

Just using this now the old Telelogic forum is read only.

I need to find out which DOORS data server I'm connected to, I'm on a locked down corparate PC so can't look in the registry etc. Basically I can use DOORS on my PC, but it's just been installed on a colleagues PC and is trying to connect to a server that doesn't exist. I want to be able to force it to connect to the correct server using command line switches on a shortcut. But to do this I need to know which is the correct server!

Any ideas how I can find this out? It won't let me run the Configuration Utility.

Many thanks,

Rob
rl4engi - Wed Apr 01 06:46:36 EDT 2009

Re: How to find out the name of the data server?
mcnairk - Wed Apr 01 08:09:53 EDT 2009

"Help > About DOOORS" will give you the Database server name and port number, e.g. 36678@DOORSAPP

Re: How to find out the name of the data server?
rl4engi - Wed Apr 01 08:45:13 EDT 2009

mcnairk - Wed Apr 01 08:09:53 EDT 2009
"Help > About DOOORS" will give you the Database server name and port number, e.g. 36678@DOORSAPP

Ahh, I forgot to mention we're using an ancient version of DOORS on this project, Version 7.1. It just tells us support ID's and the like in Help -> About. Any other suggestions? Perhaps something in DXL though I couldn't find anything?

Many thanks,

Rob

Re: How to find out the name of the data server?
Peter_Albert - Wed Apr 01 10:26:42 EDT 2009

rl4engi - Wed Apr 01 08:45:13 EDT 2009
Ahh, I forgot to mention we're using an ancient version of DOORS on this project, Version 7.1. It just tells us support ID's and the like in Help -> About. Any other suggestions? Perhaps something in DXL though I couldn't find anything?

Many thanks,

Rob

Try

print getenv("DATA")

in the DXL interaction window. It should print port@server.

Regards,

Peter

Re: How to find out the name of the data server?
llandale - Thu Apr 02 14:36:00 EDT 2009

Peter_Albert - Wed Apr 01 10:26:42 EDT 2009
Try

print getenv("DATA")

in the DXL interaction window. It should print port@server.

Regards,

Peter

Actually, print getenv("DOORSDATA") is correct. "DATA" will get you the installed database in the registry, "DOORSDATA" will get you the one you are actually conncected to, which may be changed in the command line switch '-d'.

Anyway, you then create a DOORS icon whose 'target' field looks something like this:
"c:\Program Files\Telelogic\DOORS_7.1\bin\doors.exe" -d 36677@MyDoorsServer

>Louie