Connecting to Informix using Client SDK 2.81 TC3

[kcavner]

I recently got thrown into the Informix world. I am developing a web service in .NET to connect to an Informix server to run stored procedures. Here is my problem.

When I attempt to create a connection object using IBM.Data.Informix dll (this DLL by the way is part of the Client SDK 2.81 TC3 .NET Driver from Informix) I get the following error.

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in ibm.data.informix.dll

Additional information: ERROR - unable to allocate an environment handle.

What is causing this and how can it be corrected?
This is happening after I build the connection string but before I attempt to connect to the database as I am creating the IfxConnection object.

 

[obislavu]

InvalidOperationException is thrown in cases when the failure to invoke a method is caused by reasons other than invalid arguments and when a method call is invalid for the object's current state.
For example, you try to call a method on the Connection object but the state of the object is Closed.
Or, a resource set is closed and a method call is made after.
-obislavu-