PRB: Special Characters in Path Cause NMake Error U1007

• The Visual Workbench included with: - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, versions 2.0, 2.1, 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

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

This is limitation of the NMAKE utility included with the products listed above. The following legitimate characters cause this problem:

   $, %, @, #, !, ^, (, ), {, }, [, ], -, and the space character.

WORKAROUND

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.