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Q140817: AFTP Client Does Not call WinCPICCleanup()

Article: Q140817
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 
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SYMPTOMS
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Applications using the SNA Server AFTP API do not close when there are no more
active connections open to it.

CAUSE
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The AFTP API library does not call WinCPICCleanup() when all the applications
using it terminate. However, it does call WinCPICStartup() when an application
first calls it.

RESOLUTION
==========

Microsoft has updated the files, AFTP.EXE and AFTPAPI.DLL, to correct this
problem.

The library is now changed to call WinCPICCleanup() when an application has no
more AFTP connections open to it.

A change has also been made to the AFTP client application to prevent it from
opening a new connection every time it closes one.

STATUS
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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

Additional query words: prodsna 2.00 2.10 2.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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