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SYMPTOM(s):

Running ABL Application from a desktop icon shows error 354

Unable to open or create C:\Docume~1\username\local\lbi03144, error 2. (354).

Unable to open or create <filename>, error <number>. (354)

The error 2 on windows means "The system cannot find the file specified".

The -T is set to %TEMP%

The DOS prompt echo show the value of the %TEMP% as C:\Documents and Settings\username\local Settings\Temp

The Windows user environment variable shows the TEMP value as %USERPROFILE%\local Settings\Temp

FACT(s) (Environment):

Windows XP
OpenEdge 10.x
Progress 9.x

CAUSE:

The environment variable on some windows machine causes problem when expanding it if has spaces in the path. In this case when the %TEMP% variable is expanded it only expanded up to C:\Documents and Settings\username\local instead of C:\Documents and Settings\username\local Settings\Temp. This caused the ABL client to not find path to create lbi file; therefore, the error 354 is apparent.

FIX:

There are two options to fix this issue:

First option:

1. Right mouse click on the "My Computer" icon > select properties > Select "Advance" tab > click on the "Environment Variables" button at the bottom
2. Double click on the TEMP user variable under the first section named "User variables for <user name>
3. Place doubles quotes around the variable value so that it looks like the following:

Before Change:

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

After the change:

"%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp"
4. Save the changes by clicking OK 3 times.

Second option:

On the desktop icon properties, change the -T parameter to the entire long path surrounding double quotes so it looks like the following:

Before change:

-T %TEMP%

After Change:

-T "C:\Documents and Settings\username\local Settings\Temp"