Batch DLL initialization error - Err num 999

Keywords:      wwwsk34I.dll

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Question:

I'm using the current wwwsk34I.dll with a wbt-file compiled with winbatch-96. The operating system is Nt 3.51 server. I'm getting an occasional error: "Batch DLL initialization error - Err num 999". The problem happens very infrequently, but when it does, it is a -major- problem in our second shift batch cycle. I'm not calling any other DLL's except yours. Please explain.

Answer:

Need a little more info. Like WHEN does it occur? Assuming it occurs at startup - the most likely case - it indicates that the WinBatch EXE file started to run but could not then access its DLL's.

What could be the problem? Depends.

Might be out of file handles. (Night operatiors got too many games running?) Wrong user account? Network totally loaded down (I don't think so.) Server won't allow any more open file handles?

Need to pin down a few more details of the situation.

Another possibility is the improper closing of other files/processes throughout the first shift. (or 16-bit apps that Win95 doesn't always see very well). I have seen a number of cases in Win3.x and Win95 where file handles slowly over time get built up until there is a restart of the system.

You may want to tell the workers, should you nail down a few programs that do not close well, that they might consider minimizing those programs and leave them running, so as to not use up file handles.

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Article ID:   W12965

Filename:   Batch Initialization Error 999.txt