Win3270 Applet Fails to Connect If the Path Is Longer Than 64 Bytes

ID: Q172294

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, versions 3.0 and 3.0 Service Pack 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If the installation path of the SNA Client is longer than 64 bytes, the Windows 95 3270 applet (Win3270.exe) returns the error message FMIS3270.DLL not found and fails to connect. CAUSE ===== When the 3270 applet builds the full path to the FMI driver, a maximum path of 64 bytes is allowed. RESOLUTION ========== The 3270 applet FMI call now uses MAX_PATH and is not limited to a 64-byte path name. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server 3.0 and 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): S E R V P A C K


Keywords          : kbnetwork prodsna kbbug3.00 kbbug3.00.sp1 sna3270 snasetup kbfix3.00.sp2 
Version           : 3.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: March 20, 1998