How to lookup compiler error codes?
- I'm looking for a way to link to errors CS#. Such as CS1705 links to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/416tef0c(VS.80).aspx. If there is a way to do this an also vary it on the framework used to that would be great.
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If you need links to MSDN documentation, then note that no one guarantees that the MSDN links are permanent and will work in the future. I have seen some of them to change from time to time in the past couple of years.
That's IMO the main reason why there is not built-in mapping from error number to MSDN link.
You can simply create your own static list of errors and their links by parsing MSDN docs (e.g. parse the list from this HTML page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228296.aspx). That's IMO the best thing you can do.
-Karel- Marked As Answer byZhi-Xin YeMSFT, ModeratorThursday, June 25, 2009 2:18 PM
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If you need links to MSDN documentation, then note that no one guarantees that the MSDN links are permanent and will work in the future. I have seen some of them to change from time to time in the past couple of years.
That's IMO the main reason why there is not built-in mapping from error number to MSDN link.
You can simply create your own static list of errors and their links by parsing MSDN docs (e.g. parse the list from this HTML page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228296.aspx). That's IMO the best thing you can do.
-Karel- Marked As Answer byZhi-Xin YeMSFT, ModeratorThursday, June 25, 2009 2:18 PM
