Article - CS387326

Not able to launch Creo View from the browser, pvagent is started and then closed without prompt the login dialog, no Creo View is launched

Modified: 18-May-2023   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 12.1
  • Creo View 8.0 to 9.1

Description

  • Not able to launch Creo View from the browser, pvagent is started and then closed without prompt the login dialog, no Creo View is launched after that
  • Creo View could be launched in standalone mode
  • Creo View launched and crashed when opening any model from Windchill
  • In AWS ALB (Application Load Balancer) environment, Creo View Client cannot be started from Windchill.
    • The environment where the problem is occurring is connected to Windchill via AWS ALB, with a reverse proxy set up on Windchill and a connection protocol conversion from HTTPS to HTTP implemented.
  • The Creo View trace log, which can be obtained when setting the environment variable PVIEW_PROC_TRACE, contains the following records:
Info    14:20:24.565  22 Feb 2023 5232 7320 internet DownloadTask Status code from download: 401
Info    14:20:24.566  22 Feb 2023 5232 5376 pvsa CvAgent AUTHENTICATE_SERVER_MESSAGE
Error   14:20:28.744  22 Feb 2023 5232 5376 pvsa CvBasicAuthentication Server binding failed. error_str = INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
Info    14:20:28.744  22 Feb 2023 5232 5376 pvsa CvBasicAuthentication GetBindResult() = 0000000000000000
Info    14:20:28.744  22 Feb 2023 5232 5376 pvsa CvBasicAuthentication SessionAuthenticationComplete. status = 3
Error   14:20:28.744  22 Feb 2023 5232 5376 pvsa CvBasicAuthentication Error while creating HTTP Stream for server authentication - BindToStorage() failed
Info    14:20:28.745  22 Feb 2023 5232 5376 pvsa StartupDialog OnSessionAuthenticatedFailed
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