PRB: Special Characters in Path Cause NMake Error U1007

ID: Q121018

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Workbench for Windows, used with:
    • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, 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.
When one of them is used in a path specification, Visual C++ puts quotation marks around the file specification in several places within the makefile. NMAKE cannot process files specified in this way.


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.


Additional query words: quotes

Keywords : kbide kbVC NmakeIss
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: January 31, 2000
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