Specifications

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syntax error : too many names to left of ’=’
Only one string is allowed to the left of a macro definition.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1037
syntax error : target name missing
A colon (:) was found before a target name was found. At least one target is required.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1038
internal error : lexer
Note the circumstances of the error, try to isolate the problem, create a reproducible test case, and
report to technical support.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1039
internal error : parser
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report to technical support.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1040
internal error : macro expansion
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report to technical support.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1041
internal error : target building
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report to technical support.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1042
internal error : expression stack overflow
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report to technical support.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1043
internal error : temp file limit exceeded
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report to technical support.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1045
spawn failed : message
A program or command called by NMAKE failed for the given reason.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1047
argument before ’)’ expands to nothing
The parentheses following the preprocessing operator DEFINED or EXIST either were empty or
contained an argument that evaluated to a null string.
NMAKE Fatal Error U1048
cannot write to file ’filename’
NMAKE could not write to the given file. One cause of this error is a read-only file specified with /X.