Microsoft KB Archive/40367

Error 173 under OS/2 Protected Mode May Mean No DLL Available

PSS ID Number: Q40367 Article last modified on 04-20-1993

3.00 3.00a OS/2

Summary: When operating under OS/2 in protected mode, the following Microsoft COBOL run-time system error message may mean that the program being called is not a Dynamically Linked Library (DLL): #173 - Called program file not found in drive/directory(fatal) Even the ADIS and IXSIO programs must be in DLL form if they are to be called dynamically, such as ADIS.EXE and IXSIO.EXE running in MS-DOS. ADIS.DEF and IXSIO.DEF files are provided on the distribution disks and are used to create DLLs for these routines. See the “Microsoft COBOL Version 3.0: Operating Guide” Page 4-10 for more information.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00a Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.