SNA Server WinSLI Library Does Not Support Format 1 InitSelf

 Last reviewed: February 1, 1996
Article ID: Q137267
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, version 2.11

SYMPTOMS

When an SLI_Open API call is issued, and the SLI application has defined format 1 Initself, the WinSLI library returns the following error message in an RUI trace: 

   initself not valid

CAUSE

The SNA Server 2.0, 2.1 and 2.11 SLI interface was originally written to support only Format 0 Initself messages. However, it has been expanded in SNA Server 2.11 to support Format 1 as well.

Page 5-22 of the IBM SNA Formats Guide defines a format 1 Initself to be identified as 810681 (bytes 0-2), while the format 0 Initself to be identified as 010681.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has updated the files, WINSLI.DLL, for 16-bit clients, and WINSLI32.DLL for 32-bit clients, to correct this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server for Windows NT. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server for Windows NT, 2.11 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug2.11
KBSubcategory: ntnetserv
Additional reference words: prodsna 2.11 winsli format initself

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Last reviewed: February 1, 1996
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