PRB: SNMP Applications Reference SNMPAPI.DLL on NT 3.51 (157599)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
This article was previously published under Q157599 SYMPTOMS
SNMP applications developed using Win32 SDK version 4.0 look for a non-
existent SNMPAPI.DLL on NT 3.51.
CAUSE
The SNMP Utility functions such as SnmpUtilxxx( ) were packaged as a static
library called SNMP.LIB under NT 3.51. This prevented developers writing
SNMP manager applications in languages such as Visual Basic from making use
of these APIs.
Microsoft addresses this potential limitation in the release of NT 4.0 by
packaging the SNMP utility functions as a dynamic link library called
SNMPAPI.DLL that ships with NT 4.0 Workstation and NT 4.0 Server. The DLL
can be found under %SystemRoot%\system32. An SNMP application developed
using the Win32 SDK version 4.0 looks for functions exported from this DLL
that does not exist on NT 3.51.
RESOLUTION
On NT 3.51 systems, the appropriate version of SNMPAPI.DLL should be copied
into the %SystemRoot%\system32 directory. This DLL can be found under the
\mstools\snmpapi directory of the Win32 SDK version 4.0. This is not
required for NT 4.0 systems because a different version ships with NT 4.0.
Developers using implicit linking for the SNMP utility functions should
link with the SNMPAPI.LIB import library that is included with the Win32
SDK version 4.0.
Developers using explicit linking for the SNMP utility functions should
load the SNMPAPI.DLL library and use the functions exported therein.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/9/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbAPI kbnetwork kbprb kbSNMP KB157599 |
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