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'getaddrinfo' could not be located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.
| Article ID | : | 955045 |
| Last Review | : | June 27, 2008 |
| Revision | : | 1.0 |
Source: Microsoft Support
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Action
Create a VC++ console-based application that links statically with MFC and execute it on the Windows Server 2000 (or earlier) operating system.
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Result
You get a fatal error message:
"The procedure entry point getaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.dll"
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Cause
TheÂ
getaddrinfo (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738520.aspx)Â function was added to the Ws2_32.dll on Windows XP and later.
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Resolution
To execute an application using this function on earlier versions of Windows (Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows Me/98/95), then it is mandatary to #include Ws2tcpip.h and also Wspiapi.h. When the Wspiapi.h header file is included, the 'getaddrinfo' function is #defined to the 'WspiapiGetAddrInfo' inline function in Wspiapi.h. At runtime, the 'WspiapiGetAddrInfo' function is implemented in such a way that if the Ws2_32.dll or the Wship6.dll (the file containing getaddrinfo in the IPv6 Technology Preview for Windows 2000) does not include 'getaddrinfo', then a version of 'getaddrinfo' is implemented inline based on code in the Wspiapi.h header file. This inline code will be used on older Windows platforms that do not natively support the 'getaddrinfo' function.
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APPLIES TO
| • | Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| • | Microsoft Windows 2000 Server |
| • | Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 |
| • | Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition |
| • | Microsoft Windows 95 |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition |
| • | Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition |
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