Error: Rhapsody cannot create Socket
Technote (troubleshooting)
Problem(Abstract)
Opening more than one instance of IBM Rational Rhapsody displays a warning message "Rhapsody cannot create socket".
Symptom
Can not animate in the second instance of Rhapsody being opened.
Cause
The AnimationPortRange has been assigned a value 0 which lets to animate only one instance of Rhapsody at a given point of time.
Resolving the problem
This issue can be overcome by making a small change in the rhapsody.ini file which is found in the Rhapsody installation folder.
Under the [General] section of the rhapsody.ini file as found in the Rhapsody installation folder, edit the value of AnimationPortRange from 0 to a greater number such as 5 corresponding to the expected number of instances.
For example:
[General]
......
.......
AnimationPortRange=5
..........
