Delphi 7.1
Loaded 105b2edbvcltriald7.exe and 105b2edbadd.exe

Loaded cdcollector.dpr and tried to build and get the following error:

[Error] cdcollector.dpr(1): Illegal character in input file: 'ï' ($EF)

What appears in the editor looks like something to do with msbuild - something that I am unfamiliar with.

The first line of the file is:

<Project xmlns="" name="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">">http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

Sam Jones wrote:
> Delphi 7.1
> Loaded 105b2edbvcltriald7.exe and 105b2edbadd.exe
>
> Loaded cdcollector.dpr and tried to build and get the following error:
>
> [Error] cdcollector.dpr(1): Illegal character in input file: 'ï' ($EF)
>
> What appears in the editor looks like something to do with msbuild - something that I am unfamiliar with.
>
> The first line of the file is:
>
> <Project xmlns="" name="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">">http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
>

Sam,
   It looks like the project file is not a Delphi project file. You can
add the units to a new Delphi project and it will probably work.

Dave

Sam,

<< The first line of the file is: >>

There is an error in the builds causing the .dproj file to be copied for the
..dpr file.  I've attached the correct .dpr.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

<<I've attached the correct .dpr>>

Thanks, that got it.

Sam,

<< Thanks, that got it.  >>

BTW, the issue was that Windows treats:

copy *.dpr <destbuilddir>\*.dpr

as copying both .dpr and .dproj files.  Which, by itself, is fine.  The
issue, however, is that it overwrites the .dpr with the .dproj file so that
only one file exists in the desination directory when originally two source
files were present.  That seems like a fairly significant issue, but I could
be wrong.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com