DOORS URLs and DOORS version

Does anybody happen to know how it is controlled which DOORS version is opened when you try to follow a DOORS URL from a browser?
Since I installed 9.2 in parallel to 8.3 it is always the 9.2 client which is opened.
So far I haven't found any hint where this could be set.
Any ideas?

Thanks
Karl
kabr - Thu Mar 31 06:37:16 EDT 2011

Re: DOORS URLs and DOORS version
SystemAdmin - Thu Mar 31 07:43:37 EDT 2011

See https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21323922

I found the command for protocal handler in registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\doors\shell\open\command:
"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\bin\protocolhandler.exe -r 240 -s 60 -url %1"

This also means that you can have one protocol handler for your DOORS installation, so it can not do some selection based on DOORS DB version.

Re: DOORS URLs and DOORS version
SystemAdmin - Thu Mar 31 08:02:56 EDT 2011

SystemAdmin - Thu Mar 31 07:43:37 EDT 2011
See https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21323922

I found the command for protocal handler in registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\doors\shell\open\command:
"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\bin\protocolhandler.exe -r 240 -s 60 -url %1"

This also means that you can have one protocol handler for your DOORS installation, so it can not do some selection based on DOORS DB version.

On further thinking it could be maybe possible to write some helper program which could select the correct client based on the DOORS DB address.

BTW, found also an earlier discussion related to DOORS URLs.

Re: DOORS URLs and DOORS version
kabr - Thu Mar 31 08:43:23 EDT 2011

Thanks Pekka.

Re: DOORS URLs and DOORS version
llandale - Thu Mar 31 13:12:37 EDT 2011

SystemAdmin - Thu Mar 31 07:43:37 EDT 2011
See https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21323922

I found the command for protocal handler in registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\doors\shell\open\command:
"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\bin\protocolhandler.exe -r 240 -s 60 -url %1"

This also means that you can have one protocol handler for your DOORS installation, so it can not do some selection based on DOORS DB version.

This is over my head but I found this also; installing a new version imposes that version's handler on the Client PC. This is the only issue I've found that disallows different DOORS versions from "Peacefully Coexisting" on the same client; all the other issues are resolvable. ... so far.

Having said that, I wonder if you can get some trigger to run that sets the Handler file to be correct for the current DOORS version. Then you may have some "Dis-Peace" if different versions are running at the same time, but otherwise would have "Peace". Or have some on-demand script that knows how to set it, which you would run before dealing with URLs. Is there some "user" area of "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"?

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