Forms Magic Project Will Not Open

There may be times where Forms Magic is installed and the FM project needs to be used/configured, but when trying to open, an error message is given instead. If similar issues are being experienced such as the ones described in this article, use the following steps to correct and restore the Forms Magic Project.

When double-clicking on a Forms Magic project, if the above error message is being received, you may try these simple steps to resolve the error:

  1. Open the services on the server/workstation where Forms Magic is being hosted (notice in the error message, it states the server name it is trying to communicate with "PVE-TRAIN")
  2. Scroll down until you locate the Papervision services as shown in the screenshot below
  3. Right-click and restart the "Papervision Forms Magic Communication Server" first, followed by the "Papervision Forms Magic Worker"
  4. After the services have been restarted, try opening the Forms Magic project again and it should successfully open with no error message.

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