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Q121018: PRB: Special Characters in Path Cause NMake Error U1007

Article: Q121018
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 2.0,2.1,4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbide kbVC
Last Modified: 11-FEB-2002

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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 
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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

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Keywords          : kbide kbVC 
Technology        : kbVSsearch kbAudDeveloper
Version           : :2.0,2.1,4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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