Summary
New Link Errors When Building Applications with Dongle Support AgainstSymptoms
When attempting to build a Flex enabled application that includes dongle support, that previously worked with version 11.11.1.1, against the new release these unresolved errors are encountered -
1>lmgr.lib(lm_set_attr.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__freeaddrinfo@4 referenced in function _qdxd4wxUtvvU2lVoSL
1>lmgr.lib(l_init_file.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__freeaddrinfo@4
1>lmgr.lib(FlexInetAddress.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__freeaddrinfo@4
1>lmgr.lib(FlexSocket.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__freeaddrinfo@4
1>lmgr.lib(lm_set_attr.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16 referenced in function _qdxd4wxUtvvU2lVoSL
1>lmgr.lib(l_init_file.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16
1>lmgr.lib(FlexInetAddress.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16
1>lmgr.lib(FlexSocket.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16
1>lmgr.lib(FlexInetAddress.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__getnameinfo@28 referenced in function _vjSqm3tT6YGZ1N4HrKtGOXbch1o1S
1>lmgr.lib(FlexSocketAddress.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getnameinfo@28
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Flexera\FNP\Sample Projects\Sample 11.12 VS2010 lmflex.c No Activation\lmflex\Debug\lmflex.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
1>lmgr.lib(l_init_file.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__freeaddrinfo@4
1>lmgr.lib(FlexInetAddress.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__freeaddrinfo@4
1>lmgr.lib(FlexSocket.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__freeaddrinfo@4
1>lmgr.lib(lm_set_attr.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16 referenced in function _qdxd4wxUtvvU2lVoSL
1>lmgr.lib(l_init_file.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16
1>lmgr.lib(FlexInetAddress.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16
1>lmgr.lib(FlexSocket.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getaddrinfo@16
1>lmgr.lib(FlexInetAddress.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__getnameinfo@28 referenced in function _vjSqm3tT6YGZ1N4HrKtGOXbch1o1S
1>lmgr.lib(FlexSocketAddress.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__getnameinfo@28
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Flexera\FNP\Sample Projects\Sample 11.12 VS2010 lmflex.c No Activation\lmflex\Debug\lmflex.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
Cause
With the new dongle drivers there are two extra libraries that need to be included (as detailed in the makefile) -
Ws2_32.lib
psapi.lib
psapi.lib
Resolution
Adding theses two libraries to the link input list will resolve the above errors.
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