FAQ-1216 Why does AIF Builder fail with the message "Internal Error


FAQ-1216 Why does AIF Builder fail with the message "Internal Error - cpp.exe has returned the error code 2"?

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Classification:	General	Category:	SDK
Created:	02/07/2005	Modified:	02/07/2005
Number:	FAQ-1216
Platform:	Symbian OS v6.1, Symbian OS v7.0, Symbian OS v7.0s, Symbian OS v8.0

Question:
When using the UIQ 2.x SDK why does AIF Builder fail with the message "Internal Error - cpp.exe has returned the error code 2"?

Answer:
First ensure you have made your UIQ 2.x SDK the default device using the devices command. For example
devices -setdefault @UIQ_21:com.symbian.UIQ

If you have correctly set the current UIQ SDK as the default device and still get the error message, then you are probably launching AIF Builder from the

\epoc32\tools

directory. Instead choose any other directory to launch AIF Builder.

Post Symbian OS Version 6.0, Symbian changed the SDK tools configuration to cope better with multiple SDK installations. All tool invocations (AIFBuilder, makesis etc) resolve, via the Path environment variable, to a set of generic stub files located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symbian\Tools. When the appropriate tool stub file is launched it checks for the default device, and then launches the corresponding tool for that SDK (located at \epoc32\tools), as well as initializing EPOCROOT appropriately. By launching your tool directly from the \epoc32\tools directory you by-pass the stub file and therefore the EPOCROOT initialization. Hence the resulting error message.