Microsoft KB Archive/121014

BUG: Visual Workbench May Report Wrong Number of Errors

PSS ID Number: Q121014 Article last modified on 10-12-1995

1.00 1.50 2.00

WINDOWS NT

= SYMPTOMS =

In rare cases, the Visual Workbench reports that a number of errors occurred during the build process, but it displays no error messages. This behavior may occur when you build a project from the Visual Workbench using an external makefile. The build process seems to have been successful and the target file appears to have been built correctly.

= CAUSE =

The Visual Workbench error-parsing engine looks for patterns involving the word “error.” It interprets the occurrences of the word “error” in the Visual Workbench output window as the number of errors that occurred during the build process.

= RESOLUTION =

When this problem occurs, it does not mean the build process failed. Check the project directory. If the target .EXE or .DLL file was built correctly, ignore the misleading information.

To verify that the build is correct, use NMAKE to build the project from the command line. Build the project using this command:

nmake /f project.mak

To force a rebuild of all the modules in the project, add the /a option:

nmake /a /f project.mak

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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