OSS PROCESS CREATION FAILURE

[Tort]

Hi - I am getting below error message while starting a pathway server.

A new dll was provided and i recompiled my source(C code) with the new dll. When i tried to start the server, i am getting process creation failure. Server is able to start successfully with old object.

$X1MN: ERROR - *1159* SERVER OMS-SVR, OSS PROCESS CREATION FAILURE:
PARAMETER INVALID OR MISSING(75:11)

from NTL, i was able to get it is related to PROCESS_SPAWN_ procedure but couldnt find the actual cause. it would be great, if i can get some guidance to find the cause of the error.

Thanks

[Keith Dick]

The error 75 means a problem with a dll and the error 11 means the file does not exist. Probably you did not put the new dll where the system is looking for it. Did you put it in the same place as then old dll was, or someplace else?

[Keith Dick]

Are you using any of the -RLD_files_L or -RLD_L linker options or the
_RLD_FIRST_LIB_PATH or _RLD_LIB_PATH environment variables or the
=_RLD_FIRST_LIB_PATH or =_RLD_LIB_PATH DEFINEs? They all control how
the dll is found at run time.

[Tort]

Thanks Keith for the reply. The problem was with the DLL. I am using _RLD_LIB_PATH define. The DLL provided to us had few issues, we reached the vendor for the same. The new DLL provided worked fine. Thanks again.

[Keith Dick]

You're welcome. I'm glad you got the problem solved, and thanks for posting to describe the solution. So often we never learn how things turned out.

I'm a little surprised that the DLL existed, but had some issues, since the error code (75:11) should mean that the DLL file wasn't found. Maybe the programmers didn't distinguish between 'does not exist' and 'is not a valid dll file'. If that is the case, it is a bit of a shame that they didn't provide more precise error reporting. A misleading error message can be very confusing.

[kvi...@gmail.com]

Hi,

Running the program with the define
=_RLDVERBOSE on Guardian or _RLDVERBOSE environment variable on
OSS with a value of 3 would give you clue as to what is being searched and not found. Please check the output and see if it was indeed the case of file (of required type) not found. If that is not the case, contacting the GNSC would help.

Regards,
Vijaya