The topics in this section contains detailed information about each of the warning and error messages that you may encounter when building a project. Each warning or error contains a code. Use that code to look up the related topic for information about what it means and possible solutions.
Build Engine
- BE0001: Unable to determine presentation style from folder '[folder]'
- BE0002: Shared builder content for the '[langId]' language could not be found
- BE0003: Sandcastle shared content for the '[langId]' language could not be found
- BE0004: MRefBuilder has a version of '[installedVersion]' but version '[expectedVersion]' was expected
- BE0005: File '[file]' does not contain a 'doc/members' node
- BE0006: Unable to location any documentation sources for '[source]'
- BE0007: A project with a higher framework version was found
- BE0008: Namespace '[namespace]' excluded via namespace comments conflicted with API filter
- BE0009: '[memberId]' is marked with <exclude /> but conflicted with the API filter
- BE0010: Image file '[imageFile]' already exists
- BE0011: Multiple topic transformations found. Using '[file]'
- BE0012: Error generating namespace summaries (Namespace = [namespace]): [error]
- BE0013: Possible invalid path '[path]'
- BE0014: Unable to load source file '[file]'
- BE0015: Unable to locate start of region '[region]' in source file '[file]'
- BE0016: Unable to extract region '[region]' in source file '[file]' (missing #endregion?)
- BE0017: Unexpected error using '[transformFile]' to transform additional content file
- BE0018: Unable to transform template text '[value]': [error]
- BE0019: Unable to transform template '[file]': [error]
- BE0020: Unknown field tag: '[tagName]'
- BE0021: The project contains a reference to a custom build component '[name]' that could not be found
- BE0022: The project's ApiTocParent property value '[ID]' must be associated with a topic in your project
- BE0023: The project contains a reference to a custom build component '[name]'...
- BE0024: Unable to add dependent configuration: [name]
- BE0025: Unable to remove prior build output: [error]
- BE0026: Unable to determine default topic in '[tocFile]'.
- BE0027: Error modifying help topic filenames: [error]
- BE0028: [Plug-in loading error]
- BE0029: Unexpected error while executing plug-in '[plugInName]': [error]
- BE0030: The OutputPath and WorkingPath properties cannot be set to the same path
- BE0031: For MS Help 2 builds, the HtmlHelpName property cannot contain spaces
- BE0032: Reflection data files do not exist yet
- BE0033: No APIs found to document
- BE0034: The '[propName]' property resolved to '[folder]' which is a reserved folder name
- BE0035: Could not find the path to the Microsoft Sandcastle documentation compiler tools
- BE0036: Your version of the Microsoft Sandcastle documentation compiler tools is out of date
- BE0037: Could not find the path the the HTML Help 1 compiler
- BE0038: Could not find the path the the MS Help 2 compiler
- BE0039: The project does not have any documentation sources defined
- BE0040: Project assembly does not exist: [assembly]
- BE0041: Project XML comments file does not exist: [commentsFile]
- BE0042: You must specify at least one documentation source in the form...
- BE0043: Unexpected error detected in the last build step
- BE0044: Error applying Visibility properties: [error]
- BE0045: Error removing attributes nodes: [error]
- BE0046: Error removing EII nodes: [error]
- BE0047: Error removing inherited members: [error]
- BE0048: Error removing [memberType]: [error]
- BE0049: Error changed protected internal to protected: [error]
- BE0050: Error removing protected members from sealed classes: [error]
- BE0051: The specified project file does not exist: [projectFile]
- BE0052: One or more token files could not be found
- BE0053: One or more code snippets files could not be found
- BE0054: The conceptual topic '[title]' (ID: [id]) does not match any file in the project
- BE0055: The conceptual topic '[title]' (ID: [id]) must either specify a topic file or it must contains sub-topics
- BE0056: The conceptual content file '[file]' with ID '[id]' does not exist
- BE0057: The conceptual content file '[file]' with ID '[id]' is not valid: [error]
- BE0058: Two conceptual content files have the same ID ({0})
- BE0059: LCID '[id]' not found in configuration file
- BE0060: The [itemType] '[item]' contains a comma or '.h' which may cause the Help 1 compiler to fail
- BE0061: File '[file]' could not be loaded and will not be used as an XML comments file
- BE0062: No XML comments found. The help file will not contain any member comments
- BE0063: '[file]' matches a previously copied comments filename
- BE0064: BUILD CANCELLED BY USER
- BE0065: BUILD FAILED: [error]
- BE0066: The HelpFileVersion property value '[value]' is not in the correct format
- BE0067: Unable to obtain assembly name from project file
- BE0068: Incompatible Visual Studio project file format
Generate Inherited Documentation
- GID0001: Unexpected error while generating inherited documentation
- GID0002: No comments found for cref '[cref]' on member '[id]
- GID0003: Unable to locate API ID '[id]'
- GID0004: No comments found for member '[id]'
- GID0005: No comments found for cref '[cref]'
- GID0006: No comments found for member '[memberId]'
- GID0007: Ignoring non-XML comments file
- GID0008: Entries for the key '[id]' occur in both '[file1]' and '[file2]'
HTML Extract
MSBuild Tasks
- B1X0001: A help compiler path must be specified
- B1X0002: A help project file must be specified and it must exist
- B2X0001: A help compiler path must be specified
- B2X0002: An HTML help base name must be specified
- BAT0001: A configuration file must be specified and it must exist
- BAT0002: A manifest file must be specified and it must exist
- BHT0001: Unable to get executing project
- BHT0002: Unable to build project '[projectFile]': [error]
- BHT0003: The specified project file does not exist: [projectFile]
- BHT0004: An older MSBuild version is being used
- CT0001: Unable to clean output folder. Reason: [reason]
- MBT0001: At least one assembly (.dll or .exe) is required for MRefBuilder to parse
- MBT0002: Unable to generate response file. Reason: [reason]
- XTT0001: At least one XSL transformation is required
- XTT0002: An input file must be specified and it must exist
- XTT0003: An output filename must be specified
Plug-Ins
- TODO: Add topic links here
Project File
- PRJ0001: Invalid or missing SchemaVersion
- PRJ0002: The selected file is for a more recent version
- PRJ0003: Error reading project from '[file]': [reason]
- PRJ0004: An attempt was made to set a read-only or ignored property
- PRJ0005: Unable to parse value '[value]' for property '[property]'
- PRJ0006: Error saving project to '[file]': [reason]