Microsoft KB Archive/142421

= FIX: D2004 Caused by /Tp or /Tc Option in Visual C++ 4.0 =

Article ID: 142421

Article Last Modified on 10/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Learning Edition

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This article was previously published under Q142421



SYMPTOMS
If the /Tp or /Tc compiler option is used in a project built within the Developer Studio, one of the following errors occurs:

Command line error D2004 : '/Tp' requires an argument

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Command line error D2004 : '/Tc' requires an argument



RESOLUTION
To work around the problem:  Build the project from the command line. For example:

nmake /f 

NOTE: You may need to run Vcvars32.bat from the \Msdev\Bin directory to set up the environment variables needed to build from the command line. -or-

 Rename the source files to have the needed extension so the /Tp or /Tc option is not needed.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ 4.1.



MORE INFORMATION
The /Tc option specifies that the file is a C source file, even if it doesn't have a .c extension. The /Tp option specifies that the file is a C++ source file, even if it doesn't have a .cpp or .cxx extension. These options worked for projects built within the Visual C++ 2.x environment. If you convert a project from version 2.x to 4.0 that has these options, you will get the previously described error.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbide kbvc410fix KB142421

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