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PO"Source" parameter of the "MIDL" task. Multiple items cannot be passed into a parameter of type "Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem"
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  1. PO"Source" parameter of the "MIDL" task. Multiple items cannot be passed into a parameter of type "Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem"
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    copied!<p>I am trying to migrate one of projects earlier in VS2008 to VS2010. On building I get the following error</p> <p>C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(317,7): error MSB4094: "hdxBinding.idl;hdxBlinking.idl;HDXCommandObject.idl;hdxds.idl;HSCProcessStatus.idl;HSCSelectableWindow.idl" is an invalid value for the "Source" parameter of the "MIDL" task. Multiple items cannot be passed into a parameter of type "Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem".</p> <p>On clicking this error, it takes me to the line Source ="@(Midl)" inside C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets file</p> <p>A Code Snippet in Microsoft.CppCommon.targets file:</p> <pre><code>&lt;ItemGroup&gt; &lt;Midl Condition="'@(Midl)' != ''"&gt; &lt;MinimalRebuildFromTracking Condition="'$(BuildType)' != 'Build' or '$(ForceRebuild)' == 'true'"&gt;false&lt;/MinimalRebuildFromTracking&gt; &lt;/Midl&gt; &lt;/ItemGroup&gt; &lt;PropertyGroup&gt; &lt;MidlToolArchitecture Condition="'$(MidlToolArchitecture)' == ''"&gt;$(DefaultToolArchitecture)&lt;/MidlToolArchitecture&gt; &lt;/PropertyGroup&gt; &lt;MIDL Condition ="'%(Midl.ExcludedFromBuild)'!='true'" Source ="@(Midl)" AdditionalIncludeDirectories ="%(Midl.AdditionalIncludeDirectories)" AdditionalOptions ="%(Midl.AdditionalOptions)" ApplicationConfigurationMode ="%(Midl.ApplicationConfigurationMode)" ClientStubFile ="%(Midl.ClientStubFile)" CPreprocessOptions ="%(Midl.CPreprocessOptions)" DefaultCharType ="%(Midl.DefaultCharType)" DllDataFileName ="%(Midl.DllDataFileName)" EnableErrorChecks ="%(Midl.EnableErrorChecks)" ErrorCheckAllocations ="%(Midl.ErrorCheckAllocations)" ErrorCheckBounds ="%(Midl.ErrorCheckBounds)" ErrorCheckEnumRange ="%(Midl.ErrorCheckEnumRange)" ErrorCheckRefPointers ="%(Midl.ErrorCheckRefPointers)" ErrorCheckStubData ="%(Midl.ErrorCheckStubData)" ExcludedInputPaths ="$(ExcludePath)" GenerateClientFiles ="%(Midl.GenerateClientFiles)" GenerateServerFiles ="%(Midl.GenerateServerFiles)" GenerateStublessProxies ="%(Midl.GenerateStublessProxies)" GenerateTypeLibrary ="%(Midl.GenerateTypeLibrary)" HeaderFileName ="%(Midl.HeaderFileName)" IgnoreStandardIncludePath ="%(Midl.IgnoreStandardIncludePath)" InterfaceIdentifierFileName ="%(Midl.InterfaceIdentifierFileName)" LocaleID ="%(Midl.LocaleID)" MkTypLibCompatible ="%(Midl.MkTypLibCompatible)" OutputDirectory ="%(Midl.OutputDirectory)" PreprocessorDefinitions ="%(Midl.PreprocessorDefinitions)" ProxyFileName ="%(Midl.ProxyFileName)" RedirectOutputAndErrors ="%(Midl.RedirectOutputAndErrors)" ServerStubFile ="%(Midl.ServerStubFile)" StructMemberAlignment ="%(Midl.StructMemberAlignment)" SuppressCompilerWarnings ="%(Midl.SuppressCompilerWarnings)" SuppressStartupBanner ="%(Midl.SuppressStartupBanner)" TargetEnvironment ="%(Midl.TargetEnvironment)" TypeLibFormat ="%(Midl.TypeLibFormat)" TypeLibraryName ="%(Midl.TypeLibraryName)" UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions ="%(Midl.UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions)" ValidateAllParameters ="%(Midl.ValidateAllParameters)" WarnAsError ="%(Midl.WarnAsError)" WarningLevel ="%(Midl.WarningLevel)" TrackerLogDirectory ="%(Midl.TrackerLogDirectory)" MinimalRebuildFromTracking ="%(Midl.MinimalRebuildFromTracking)" ToolArchitecture ="$(MidlToolArchitecture)" TrackerFrameworkPath ="$(MidlTrackerFrameworkPath)" TrackerSdkPath ="$(MidlTrackerSdkPath)" TLogReadFiles ="@(MIDLTLogReadFiles)" TLogWriteFiles ="@(MIDLTLogWriteFiles)" ToolExe ="$(MIDLToolExe)" ToolPath ="$(MIDLToolPath)" TrackFileAccess ="$(TrackFileAccess)" AcceptableNonZeroExitCodes ="%(Midl.AcceptableNonZeroExitCodes)" YieldDuringToolExecution ="$(MidlYieldDuringToolExecution)" &gt; &lt;/MIDL&gt; </code></pre> <p></p> <p>Can somebody please tell me whats going wrong here. This is driving me crazy!!!!!!</p>
 

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