Load Project File Failed

kartano · Post by **kartano** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:45 am

Hi, all.

Is there any reason anyone can think of that I would get a "PHP Maker: Load Project File Failed" message? The file was generated using the same version of PHP Maker, and I'm coming back to that project a few months later. The XML project file seems to open and parse correctly.

Any ideas?

mobhar · Post by **mobhar** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:29 am

After clicking "OK" on that message box, are all the tables loaded into PHPMaker?

kartano · Post by **kartano** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:34 am

I get nothing - just an empty project. No tables at all.

mobhar · Post by **mobhar** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:41 am

The closest approach to make sure the project file is valid is by comparing it with the other working-project.

Create a new project that connected to the same database which is used by the failed-project,
Comparing them (the working one and the failed one) side-by-side by using WinMerge application, at least, you can compare/check at the second row inside the .xml project file. Also, make sure inside that .xml file there is a <Project ...> ...</Project> tag.

kartano · Post by **kartano** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:04 am

There must be something different about the configuration. None of the older backup copies will load into PHP Maker either.

I'll just recreate it from scratch rather than waste time trying to find out why it isn't loading.

mobhar · Post by **mobhar** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:00 am

Instead of recreate a new project from the scratch, try to use the project backup file.

For example, if you are using Win7, then find your backup file under: "C:\Users\{UserName}\Documents\PHPMaker\Backup"

kartano · Post by **kartano** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:34 pm

This won't work for us. The machine I'm working on has since been replaced. I have 3 other older backups and all of those appear with the same error.

kartano · Post by **kartano** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:46 pm

Found a solution!

For some reason, the <project ... > definition tag gets messed up.

If I copy and replace the first 3 lines of the XML document with a default tag, it works perfectly.

inside83 · Post by **inside83** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:16 am

mobhar wrote:
Instead of recreate a new project from the scratch, try to use the project
backup file.

For example, if you are using Win7, then find your backup file under:
"C:\Users\{UserName}\Documents\PHPMaker\Backup"
PERFECT
thank you