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Informix Error -23088: Windows application or DLL needs a module definition file.

Cause and resolution

Windows application or DLL needs a module definition file.

No module definition file has been specified on the command line for the ESQL processor. Re-enter the command and specify a module definition file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23088 fires when building a Windows application or DLL without specifying a module definition file — per the official guidance.

  1. No module definition file specified for a Windows application/DLL build, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Re-enter the command and specify a module definition file, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond omitting the module definition file.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the command line for a module definition file argument, and add one.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -23088 in this set yet.

A Windows application/DLL build was missing its module definition file — add one.