Failure to laod native dll [wppndmerge.dll] in WBMFF

[vmanure-2]

I am trying to configure WBM 11.0 into my local system. but getting error "Failure to load native dll" from Settings.txt file

Below is the entry has been provided in Settings.txt also the PATH to the wppndmerge.dll been provided.

## 5. specify CAD adapter Dll path

# for Creo

creoAdapterDllPath=C:/Program Files/PTC/Creo 3.0/M100/Common Files/x86e_win64/obj/wppndmerge.dll

Error Details:

*** Terminating exception (ProcessCADFiles):

com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.util.WbmffException: Failure to load nativ

e dll: C:/Program Files/PTC/Creo 3.0/M100/Common Files/x86e_win64/obj/wppndmerge

.dll

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.cad.CreoCADProcessor.startAdapt

er(Unknown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.cad.CreoCADProcessor.configure(

Unknown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.cad.CADProcessor.configure(Unkn

own Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.cad.CADOperations$7.execute(Unk

nown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.util.ActionsHelper.executeList(

Unknown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.cad.CADOperations.execute(Unkno

wn Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.util.ActionsHelper.configureExe

cuteClose(Unknown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.CADFiles$CADFilesContext.rootEx

ecute(Unknown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.Context.execute(Unknown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.OperationDispatcher.commonMain(

Unknown Source)

        at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wbmff.WbmFromFiles.main(Unknown Sourc

e)

Exiting WbmFromFiles, exit code: 1

[ChrisSpartz]

It's possible that the wppndmerge.dll file is missing a dependency, which would cause it to fail to load. You could try running the dependency walker from article CS173733 on the wppndmerge.dll file to check for any missing dependencies.