PRB: "There Are No Source Files in This Project" Dialog BoxLast reviewed: July 31, 1997Article ID: Q113419 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen trying to do a Build or a Rebuild All, a dialog box with the following text may appear and stop the build process:
There are no source files in this project.In Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, version 2.0 and above, the error is:
There is no source file to build. CAUSEThis problem occurs when the list of files for the current project does not contain at least one file with the .C, .CPP, .CXX, .OBJ, .LIB, or .RC extension. This error occurs most often when creating a new project before source files for the project actually exist (the Visual Workbench allows you to do this but you can't build the project because there is nothing to compile or link).
RESOLUTIONTwo solutions exist:
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Additional query words: .MAK
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