According to the publib, db2abind.dll
's functionality has been moved into db2app.dll
since version 9 for Linux, Unix, Windows. It also mentions that at that time, stub DLLs were provided for convenience sake, but would be removed in a future version.
Since LUW is now on version 9.7, perhaps this removal has taken place.
Application libraries have changed
Operating systems affected
All supported operating systems are affected.
Change
The following changes have been made:
db2app.dll was extended. It includes its original information, plus
the information from the db2util.dll, db2abind.dll, and db2cli.dll
libraries. db2api.dll was extended. It includes its original
information, plus the information from the db2cli.dll library.
Explanation
The library information is being consolidated.
Resolution
Stubs for the db2util.dll, db2abind.dll, and db2cli.dll
libraries are still available for backwards compatibility. These stubs
will be removed in a future version or release of the product. You
should rebuild your application using the changed libraries.