Error PRJ0019 : A tool returned an error code from "Performing registration" ProjectName

Error PRJ0019 : A tool returned an error code from "Performing registration" ProjectName

• DonD

  I'm afraid I don't understand. if you remove the custom build steps, how are you getting this error about accessing the .err file the custom build step should be the only thing trying to access that file (the project system doesn't know anything about such a file). or is it a different error altogether

  from your paths it looks like you may be building on a network location, in which case you should be aware that builds don't work well over a network. (see the thread at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=24453&SiteID=1 regarding one potential issue).

  josh

  
  
  

• Gilles Noël

  Hi Josh,

  Thanks for your suggession. "try running each line by itself " means I have to run these commands one by one from command prompt or in a batch file   Can you please little explore more

  Thanks & Regards,

  Madhur

  <madhur_tiwari@hotmail.com>

   

  
  
  

• kiranla

  the buildlog.htm file contains all the actual commands that are being run (we execute custom build steps by putting the commands into a batch file and executing that). what we need to find out is specifically what line is failing. if you take the contents from the build log file and try to run each line separately then we can find out which line is failing.

  clearly from what you included above we cannot access that file, and not having permission to read it seems likely if the file does exist, but what command is trying to read that file

  josh

  VC++ project system developer

  
  
  

• Stephen Castle

  Thanks Josh for explaination..Even I remove all the custom build steps this is giving same error...i.e. can't open for reading. But if I open from explorer then it is opening.

  Regards,

  Madhur

  
  
  

• johnnygoodface

  Thanks Tarek.
  Yes, manually it is registering.
  
  These are the custom build steps.
  Dll is copying into Selfregister folder but it is not registering.
  
  copy ".\BBACCapClient.h" "%VobRoot%\inc\drivers\."
  copy "$(TargetPath)" %VobRoot%\rel\debug\bin\SelfRegister\.
  copy .\"$(TargetName)".idl %Vobroot%\inc\MIDL\.
  copy .\"$(TargetName)".h %Vobroot%\inc\MIDL\.
  copy .\"$(TargetName)".tlb %Vobroot%\inc\MIDL\.
  copy .\BBACCapPI.idl %Vobroot%\inc\MIDL\.
  copy .\BBACCapPI.h %Vobroot%\inc\MIDL\.
  copy .\BBACCapPIImpl.h %Vobroot%\inc\MIDL\.
  regsvr32 /s /c %Vobroot%\rel\debug\bin\SelfRegister\"$(TargetName)".dll
  echo regsvr32 exec. time > "$(OutDir)\regsvr32.trg"
  
  Hope you will get some clue.
  
  Regards,
  
  Madhur
  
  

• Rainer Queck

  Could you follow Josh's advise mentioned in his post Wihout more info, we can just speculate what might be happening without solid explanations.
  
  EDIT:
  If we don't hear from you for a week, we will assume that you managed to resolve the issue and hence will delete the post or mark the relevant answer as the correct one.
  
  
  Thanks,
    Ayman Shoukry
    VC++ Team
  
  

• LGS

  any one of the steps in that batch file (custom build steps are launced as batch files) could be failing. try running each line by itself and see if it is really the regsvr32 line that is failing.
  
  josh
  VC++ Project System developer
  
  

• RyanSJedi

  Does running regsvr32 to register your component on the command-line (outside the IDE) work at all

  If not, you'll need to diagnose why your DLL is failing registration. If it does register, then there's a build system issue that we need to diagnose.

  Thanks.

  
  
  

• gagan

  Josh,

  I have had this same error come up. In brief, it is the build step that runs regsvr32. The regsvr32 program itself is reporting an error that it cannot find the named module. This occurs in VS8 as well as if I run the regsvr32 step manually. I have tried running it manually as administrator but I keep getting the same error. I think this is exactly what the previous poster is experiencing.

  In my case I am running the following command line:

  regsvr32 mydll.dll

  and this kicks off the "module not found error". The funny thing is that I can see my module (it builds and links with no errors but fails on the registration step.) using the explorer. I have also tried moving the module to the system32 directory and running regsvr32 from there but I still get the same error.

  Thanks,

  Peter

  
  
  

• yoni sher

  Hi...
  
  I'm also facing the same problem.....

  A tool returned an error code from "Performing registration"
  
  when i build the project, all the files be complied & linked successfully but at last give the error
  "

  "A tool returned an error code from "Performing registration"
  
  
  
   after building i got .....
  
  

  1>ocidl.acf

  1>Compiling...

  1>StdAfx.cpp

  1>Compiling...

  1>HPZIDTEST.cpp

  1>TestDialog.cpp

  1>Generating Code...

  1>Compiling resources...

  1>Linking...

  1>Embedding manifest...

  1>Performing registration

  1>The directory name is invalid.

  1>Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing registration"

  1>Build log was saved at "file://s:\ice\ICEDriverTest\Debug32\BuildLog.htm"

  1>HPZIDTEST - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

  ========== Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
  
  
  
  can any one help me in regad this....
  
  
  
  alok ranjan,

  
  
  

• wagnerjp

  Hi Josh,

  Error :

  Error: Cannot open the specified file(m:\madhur_dotnet_porting_view\igxlwc\Core\Utilities\ListMakers\ListMakersErrors.err) for reading.

  But this file is existing. It may be related to read permission of file or something else

  Full Build Report:

  1>------ Build started: Project: ListMakers, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

  1>Performing registration

  1>Error: Cannot open the specified file(m:\madhur_dotnet_porting_view\igxlwc\Core\Utilities\ListMakers\ListMakersErrors.err) for reading.

  1>Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing registration"

  1>Build log was saved at "file://m:\madhur_dotnet_porting_view\igxlwc\Core\Utilities\ListMakers\Debug\BuildLog.htm"

  1>ListMakers - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

  The Contents of the file is:

   

  ErrorPrefix=LSTMKRS
  ErrorBehaviorDefault=tlErrorForceFail

  LanguageNames=(Japanese=0x0411:MSG00002)

  ;// Formatting considerations:
  ;// - Don't embed newlines in your text
  ;// - To substitute arguments, use %1, %2, %3 for first, second, third argument, etc.
  ;// - To substitute a sting argument, use %1!s!
  ;// - To substitute an integer argument, use %1!d! or %1!x!
  ;// - To substitute a floating point argument, pre-format using sprintf and treat like a string

   

  MessageId= Severity=Error Facility=Application SymbolicName=INTERNAL_ERROR
  Language=English
  Internal Error: %1!s!.
  .
  Language=Japanese
  “a?” G [: %1!s!.
  .

  MessageId= Severity=Error Facility=Application SymbolicName=EXCEPTION
  Language=English
  INTERNAL: Exception caught in %1!s! at %2!d! on %3.
  .
  Language=Japanese
  “a?” G [: —a O G [ a %3 a I %1!s! I %2!d! A”­ μ U μ B
  .

  MessageId= Severity=Error Facility=Application SymbolicName=NO_INIT
  Language=English
  Uninitialized ListMaker object.
  .
  Language=Japanese
  u 3 e A ￠ E ￠ ListMaker I u W F N g
  .

  MessageId= Severity=Error Facility=Application SymbolicName=UPDATE_FAILED
  Language=English
  Could not update string list with tags '%1'.
  .
  Language=Japanese
  X g “ O X g e ^ O %1 A A b v f [ g A U 1 n A μ B
  .

  MessageId= Severity=Error Facility=Application SymbolicName=UPDATE_FAILED_V
  Language=English
  Could not update string list with tags '%1' and values '%2'.
  .
  Language=Japanese
  X g “ O X g e ^ O %1 A A’l '%2' A A b v f [ g A U 1 n A μ B
  .

  MessageId= Severity=Error Facility=Application SymbolicName=TAG_OVERRIDE
  Language=English
  Illegal attempt to call put_Tag more than once.
  .
  Language=Japanese
  put_Tag e?s 3 E P“x E a A N o A μ U μ B
  .

  -------------------------------------

   

  Hope you will get some clue from this report.

  Thanks & Regards,

  Madhur

   

   

  
  
  
• Error PRJ0019 : A tool returned an error code from "Performing registration" ProjectName