ID Number: Q61978
1.11
MS-DOS
buglist1.11 fixlist1.12
Summary:
NMAKE version 1.11 may produce a U1001 "syntax error: illegal
character <character> in macro" while building a project because of a
problem with the MAKEDIR macro. The problem occurs only with the DOS
version of NMAKE 1.11 and not the protected mode version.
More Information:
NMAKE has an internal macro, MAKEDIR, which contains the full drive
and path to the directory from where NMAKE was invoked. This macro is
corrupted in NMAKE version 1.11 under DOS. Rather than the correct
pathname, the macro contains "garbage" or graphics characters. This
macro can cause the U1001 "illegal character" error message.
To display the contents of MAKEDIR, invoke NMAKE with the /P switch.
This switch causes all macros to be displayed to the screen. To work
around this problem, manually set MAKEDIR in the .MAK file for the
project. Set it to the drive and path where the project is being
built. If MAKEDIR is manually set in the .MAK file, it will override
the default setting and correct the problem.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in NMAKE version 1.11.
This problem was corrected in NMAKE version 1.12.