Sandcastle Help File Builder Documentation
Errors and Warnings
Build Engine
BE0001: The PresentationStyle property value of 'XXXX' is not recognized
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: The selected presentation style ([styleName]) is not valid. Reason(s): [reasons]
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]'.
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
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
BE0069: The project's RootContentContainer property value '[ID]' must be associated with a topic in your project
BE0070: Differing framework types were detected
BE0071: Unable to locate information for the project framework version 'XXXX'
BE0072: Project framework version '{0}' not found. It has been redirected.
BE0073: A project with a different or higher framework version was found but that version was not found
BE0074: The selected presentation style (XXX) does not support one or more of the selected help file formats
BE0075: For MS Help Viewer builds, the HtmlHelpName property cannot contain periods
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Sandcastle Help File BuilderBE0041: Project XML comments file does not exist: [commentsFile]

Error BE0041: Project XML comments file does not exist: [commentsFile]

Cause

This error occurs if the XML comments file from a project file documentation source cannot be found.

Solution

The most likely cause of this error is that the project has not been built. Build the project so that the comments file exists and then build the help file project. Also ensure that the XML comments file generation option is enabled. In addition, check the Configuration and Platform settings on the documentation source to ensure that they are selecting the assembly that was built (i.e. Debug or Release). If they are not specified, check the settings in the GUI (if used) or the command line options (if built with MSBuild) for the correct settings. If not specified, they default to Debug and AnyCPU respectively.

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