Thanks everyone for the help. I did turn out to be a macro conflict.

If I comment out that line, then the error does go away.

I am getting the following error on the following code: Note: including file: g:\src\shared\inc\citrix\icaid.h 114>g:\src\inc\engtypes.h(49): warning C4091: 'typedef ' : ignored on left of 'char' when no variable is declared [g:\src\pal\ctxdvc\msbuild.ctxdvc.proj] Adding to warn data CtxMSBuild.utility.DependencyData 114>g:\src\inc\engtypes.h(49): error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'constant' [g:\src\pal\ctxdvc\msbuild.ctxdvc.proj] 114>g:\src\inc\engtypes.h(49): error C2059: syntax error : 'constant' [g:\src\pal\ctxdvc\msbuild.ctxdvc.proj]

typedef CHAR DOSFILENAME [ DOSFILENAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR DESCRIPTION [ DESCRIPTION_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR FRIENDLYNAME [ FRIENDLYNAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR VERYLARGENAME [ VERYLARGENAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR PROGRAMGROUP [ PROGRAMGROUP_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR NAMEENUMERATOR [ NAMEENUMERATOR_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR NAMERESOLVER [ NAMERESOLVER_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR TRANSPORTNAME [ TRANSPORTNAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR ENCRYPTIONLEVEL [ ENCRYPTIONLEVEL_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR EMULATIONNAME [ EMULATIONNAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR CLIENTNAME [ CLIENTNAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR CLIENTSN [ CLIENTSN_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR DOMAIN [ DOMAIN_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR USERNAME [ USERNAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR PASSWORD [ PASSWORD_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR ENCRYPTEDPASSWORD[ ENCRYPTEDPASSWORD_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR DIRECTORY [ DIRECTORY_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR INITIALPROGRAM [ INITIALPROGRAM_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR ADDRESS [ ADDRESS_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR DEVICENAME [ DEVICENAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR BAUD [ BAUD_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR MODEM [ MODEM_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR MODEMINIT [ MODEMINIT_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR MODEMINITSTRING [ MODEMINITSTRING_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR KEYBOARDLAYOUT [ KEYBOARDLAYOUT_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR KEYBOARDTYPE [ KEYBOARDTYPE_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR HOTKEYNAME [ HOTKEYNAME_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR DIALINGLOCATION [ DIALINGLOCATION_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR DIALINGPREFIX [ DIALINGPREFIX_LENGTH + 1 ];
typedef CHAR DIALPROPENTRY [ DIALPROPENTRY_LENGTH + 1

I am working on legacy build system. I have run into places in the MAK files that use $(@B). From my research this is supposed to give the base name of the target. However, when I run nmake this special macro is not defined. If if you place a message to print it to the screen at the very top level MAK file. Anyone have any idea why this macro would not be defined? :confused:

Not my choice. I am only a lowly contractor.

Actually I had already tried that as well, with the same result. Eventually the Visual Studio files will be moved to the server anyway, and at that point the macros would not be useful.

I found a solution to this. I was reminded about the old DOS short name for directories, and by using those it fixed the problem.

If this is not the proper place for this question, please let me know where I can post it. I am working on a bunch of MSBuild project files that were created from scratch. We are in the middle of upgrading to Visual Studios 2013 so a lot of the paths to libraries need to be changed. I am having trouble with the Microsoft Libraries because of the spaces that are in the path. Here is the line that sets the base of the path to get appended later in the project file:

<CRT\_LIB\_PATH>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\\VC\\lib</CRT\_LIB\_PATH>

Later there are lines similar to the following:

<LINK\_LIBS>$(LINK\_LIBS) '"$(CRT\_LIB\_PATH)\\msvcrt$(DEBUG\_SUFFIX).lib"'</LINK\_LIBS>

In the second line, I have attempted single quotes, double quotes, single quotes surrounded by double quotes, double quotes surrounded by single quotes. Nothing had helped. How to I properly put this path into the project file? Thanks, Kevin What happens is everything before the "12.0" is lost and linker is not able to find the library.