Troublesome compiler error

[dboggs]

Somewhere along the way I began to get the error code 'error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code', quite frequently when compiling. An immediate retry always works OK. I cannot correlate this code to anything in particular with the code I am compiling. Any ideas to help track it down?

[DavidWhite]

Are you using any pre or post build commands? This is the kind of error I get when one of these fails. David

[Steven_L_Intel1]

That error occurs when either a custom build step fails, as David suggests, or one of the Microsoft tools invoked as part of the build fails. The Manifest Tool (mt.exe) is a common culprit. You would need to examine the full build log to see which step in the build gives the error - it won't be the compiler.