Article: Q121018
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 2.0,2.1,4.0,5.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbide kbVC
Last Modified: 11-FEB-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Workbench for Windows, used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 2.0, 2.1, 4.0, 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Building a project that uses one of the special characters shown below works
correctly in the Visual Workbench. But an attempt to build the same project from
a command session fails, returning this error:
test.mak(98) : fatal error U1007: double quotation mark not allowed in name
Stop.
CAUSE
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This is limitation of the NMAKE utility included with the products listed above.
The following legitimate characters cause this problem:
$, %, @, #, !, ^, (, ), {, }, [, ], -, and the space character.
When one of them is used in a path specification, Visual C++ puts quotation marks
around the file specification in several places within the makefile. NMAKE
cannot process files specified in this way.
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem:
- Avoid using any of these special characters.
-or-
- Modify the makefile to remove the quotation marks and use the project as an
external makefile when using the Visual C++ Workbench to launch the build.
-or-
- Always use the Visual C++ Workbench to build the project.
Additional query words: quotes
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Keywords : kbide kbVC
Technology : kbVSsearch kbAudDeveloper
Version : :2.0,2.1,4.0,5.0
Issue type : kbprb
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