Open project was cancelled or the application was unable to load database for

[markjd]

Could someone advise me how to get RoboHTML 7.0 working again? For three months, it worked fine. Then yesterday, I started getting this erorr message when I try to open my existing project:
"Open project was cancelled or the application was unable to load database for"
[path to my RoboHelp project\MyRoboProject.CPD]

I am baffled. My colleague downloaded the same project from our office network and opened it, so I don't think the CPD can be corrupted. I am also unable to create new projects or to open the sample files (Clownfish) that come with RoboHMTL. I tried deleting the CPD and XPJ files in my project, but then I got this message:

"Unable to create database. Check that the directory is not read-only."
Yet I am able to write to that directory, using other applications. Thus, I know the directory is not read-only.
Finally, I am using the same logon to run RoboHTML that I used to install it.
RoboHTML is useless to me now for any purpose. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

[Peter Grainge]

Welcome to the forum

Usually problems involving "unable to create database" messages are specific to a project but clearly not here.

With earlier versions, the next thing to look at would have been the user having admin rights. I am assured these are not necessary with RH7, although in this case I would give that a try just to rule it out.

The project that is at

"C:\Documents and Settings\markjduggerxp\My Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\LivescribeDesktopUserManual\LivescribeDesktopUserManual.cpd"

could be worth moving so that the path is not so long. However, that would not explain the others unless they are all buried down there.

I am more inclined towards thinking about your anti virus or firewall programs being the issue. Maybe your IT people have changed something. McAfee has caused problems in the past.

[Guest]

I received the same "Open project was cancelled or the application was unable to load database for" message because I accidentally opened a RoboHTML 7 file using a previous version. Opening with RoboHTML 7 solved the issue.