Geoff Chappell - Software Analyst
The table below, which is still in development (for accuracy as well as for completeness), lists the fatal errors that the front-end C++ compiler (C1XX) is known to be capable of issuing in version 13.00.9466.
Text for each error message is reproduced from the corresponding resource string in the executable, with placeholders resolved as much as possible in the style of the product documentation. It is as well to note that the message text given in the product documentation is in some cases different from (and in a handful of cases, is nothing like) any text that could possibly be resolved from the corresponding resource string.
Error numbers that the product documentation does not list among the C/C++ Build Errors are highlighted yellow. For some, the code that can raise the error may turn out at closer inspection to be unreachable.
| Fatal Error | Message |
|---|---|
| C1001 | INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'file', line number) Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++ Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information |
| C1003 | error count exceeds number; stopping compilation |
| C1004 | unexpected end of file found |
| C1005 | string too big for buffer |
| C1007 | unrecognized flag 'string' in 'option' |
| C1008 | no input file specified |
| C1009 | compiler limit : macros nested too deeply |
| C1010 | unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header directive |
| C1012 | unmatched parenthesis : missing 'character' |
| C1013 | compiler limit : too many open parentheses |
| C1014 | too many include files : depth = level |
| C1016 | #if[n]def expected an identifier |
| C1017 | invalid integer constant expression |
| C1018 | unexpected #elif |
| C1019 | unexpected #else |
| C1020 | unexpected #endif |
| C1021 | invalid preprocessor command 'string' |
| C1022 | expected #endif |
| C1026 | parser stack overflow, program too complex |
| C1033 | cannot open program database 'pdb' |
| C1034 | file: no include path set |
| C1035 | expression too complex; simplify expression |
| C1036 | cannot overwrite earlier program database format, delete 'filename' and recompile |
| C1038 | compiler limit : 'function' : control flow state too complex; simplify function |
| C1039 | decl/defn not complete, cannot create precompiled header at this point |
| C1040 | ILStore error for filetype file: 'filename': reason |
| C1045 | compiler limit : linkage specifications nested too deeply |
| C1046 | compiler limit : structure nested too deeply |
| C1048 | unknown option '%c' in '%s' |
| C1049 | invalid numerical argument '%s' |
| C1051 | program database file, 'pdbfile', has an obsolete format, delete it and recompile |
| C1054 | compiler limit : initializers nested too deeply |
| C1055 | compiler limit : out of keys |
| C1057 | unexpected end of file in macro expansion |
| C1060 | compiler is out of heap space |
| C1061 | compiler limit : blocks nested too deeply |
| C1063 | INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++ Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information |
| C1064 | compiler limit : token overflowed internal buffer |
| C1065 | compiler limit : out of tags |
| C1067 | compiler limit : debug information module size exceeded |
| C1068 | cannot open file '%s' |
| C1070 | mismatched #if/#endif pair in file 'filename' |
| C1071 | unexpected end of file found in comment |
| C1073 | Internal error involving incremental compilation(compiler file 'filename', line number) |
| C1074 | 'IDB' is illegal extension for PDB file: filename |
| C1075 | end of file found before the left token at 'filename(linenumber)' was matched |
| C1076 | compiler limit : internal heap limit reached; use /Zm to specify a higher limit |
| C1077 | compiler limit : cannot have more than number command line options |
| C1079 | compiler limit : PCH file size limit exceeded |
| C1080 | compiler limit : command line option exceeded limit of number characters |
| C1081 | 'symbol': file name exceeds number bytes in length |
| C1082 | Cannot close filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1083 | Cannot open filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1084 | Cannot read filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1085 | Cannot write filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1086 | Cannot seek filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1087 | Cannot tell filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1088 | Cannot flush filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1089 | Cannot truncate filetype file: 'file': message |
| C1091 | compiler limit: string exceeds length bytes in length |
| C1093 | API call 'function-name' failed '0xlocation-of-call' : text-from-run-time |
| C1098 | Version mismatch with Edit and Continue engine |
| C1099 | Edit and Continue engine terminating compile |
| C1100 | unable to initialize OLE : system-error-message |
| C1101 | cannot create handler for attribute '%$I' |
| C1102 | unable to initialize : '%$E' |
| C1103 | fatal error importing progid: '%s' |
| C1104 | fatal error importing libid: '%s' |
| C1105 | %s : %$E |
| C1107 | could not find assembly 'file': please specify the assembly search path using /AI or by setting the LIBPATH environment variable |
| C1108 | unable to find DLL: 'dll' |
| C1109 | unable to find 'entry point' in DLL 'dll' |
| C1110 | too many nested template definitions |
| C1111 | too many template parameters |
| C1112 | compiler limit : 'number' too many macro arguments, only 'max' allowed |
| C1120 | call to GetProcAddress failed for 'function' |
| C1189 | #error : user-supplied-error-message |
| C1190 | managed targeted code requires '#using <mscorlib.dll>' and '/clr' option |
| C1191 | 'dll' can only be imported at global scope |
| C1192 | #using failed on 'file' |
| C1195 | use of /Yu and /Yc on the same command line is incompatible with the /clr option |
| C1201 | unable to continue after syntax error in template class definition |
| C1202 | recursive type or function dependency context too complex |
| C1204 | compiler limit : internal structure overflow |
| C1506 | unrecoverable block scoping error |
| C1507 | previous user errors and subsequent error recovery halt further compilation |
| C1508 | compiler limit : 'function' : more than 65535 argument bytes |
| C1509 | compiler limit : too many exception handler states in function 'function'. simplify function |
| C1852 | 'filename' is not a valid precompiled header file |
| C1853 | 'filename' precompiled header file is from a previous version of the compiler, or the precompiled header is C++ and you are using it from C (or vice versa) |
| C1854 | cannot overwrite information formed during creation of the precompiled header in object file: 'filename' |
| C1859 | '%s' unexpected precompiled header error, simply rerunning the compiler might fix this problem |
| C1902 | Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation |
| C1903 | unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation |
| C1904 | bad provider interaction: file |