Last error [50000] Failed to compile a moniker from given string. Not found.

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I am getting this error message when I an tryin to open a URN link to a file mailed by my colleague. 
 I am using ProjewctWise Explorer Version 10.00.03.140 
 The Link to teh file is created is from Projectwise version 08.11.11.590. 
 
 Pleas ehelp to resolve. 
 
 Thanks. 
 
 Ranadeep Basu.

Dana Guthrie · Answer

Hello 
 This is a known issue and will be fixed in the next update release. Please log a service request so that we can track this issue.

Dave Brumbaugh · Answer

Sorry. This just came to my attention. Had two users just yesterday complaining about this. Will be fixed in a future release, but here's a temporary work-around: https://pwstorageazure.blob.core.windows.net/public/copylinkstoclipboardsetup20180919.zip 
 The issue is that PW URN document links now need to include a trailing forward slash. I ran into this last week when adding the cmdlet Add-PWPDFLink to PowerShell. 
 This installer adds a Copy Document Links to Clipboard and a Copy Document Links to Clipboard (Bare) command to the Document menu in ProjectWise Explorer as well as a Copy Folder Link and Copy Folder Link (Bare) command to the Folder menu. These commands return properly formatted PW URN links with my http launcher address ( http://pwazurecloudservice.cloudapp.net/Web/PWURLLauncher.html ?) prepended to it. The advantage of this approach is that Outlook and Gmail don't bark at you when you try to follow the link because they appear to be regular web links. Nonetheless, you also end up with a PW Document URN with a trailing slash. I'm not sure how this will be fixed in upcoming releases, so this may stop working when PW Explorer is updated.

Dave Brumbaugh · Answer

See if this helps: https://pwstorageazure.blob.core.windows.net/public/pwlinkprocessorforupdate3setup20181001.zip 
 The good thing about this approach is that the Update 4 installer (or whatever they end up calling it) should naturally overwrite it.

Dave Brumbaugh · Answer

Correct. https://pwstorageazure.blob.core.windows.net/public/pwlinkprocessorforupdate3setup20181001.zip

Dave Brumbaugh · Answer

I replicated this for a path using backslashes, but, that's not really how you're supposed to generate links. Instead, right click on the address bar and select Copy URN (what I recommend for generating static links) or Copy URL (which does give you a human-readable path if you think that's important). You should be able to copy the contents of either into your browser address bar and have it resolve (address ends up URL encoded with the right codes, etc., for the browser to decipher) or paste the resulting link into a document or email and you'll actually end up with a correctly formatted (link) HTML link appropriate for pasting. You will need my patch (above) to correctly follow URN links with update 3.

Dave Brumbaugh · Answer

Highlighting the address and copy/pasting it seems like more work for the user to do, but I guess everybody has their own way. If you already have backslash delimited links out there, I guess you do need a fix. Try this: https://pwstorageazure.blob.core.windows.net/public/pwlinkprocessorforupdate3setup20181108.zip 
 Worked OK for me with the links like you describe.

Phil Conard · Answer

The new PW Explorer version that has this fix is available from the software download center. The version is 10.00.03.167

Last error [50000] Failed to compile a moniker from given string. Not found.

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