ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find the f

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This target produces "CHM" files in the output.
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sunilcp
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ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find the f

Post by sunilcp »

Helllo everyone,

I am using Flare 2020. when generating CHM output, I get the following error

Generating output skins...
Generating alias file...
Generating final TOC...
Generating language strings...
Generating concept and keyword anchors in output files...
Generating Index...
Generating Concepts...
Resolving links in output files...
Generating Search Database...
Generating final output...
Running CHM compiler...
Build failed: The system cannot find the file specified
Saving log to "C:\xxxxx.mclog"
</Messages>
<Warnings />
<Errors>
<LogEntry File="xxx\xxx\xxx\CHM\xxx.fltar" Message="Build failed: The system cannot find the file specified
" LineIndex="-1" CharIndex="-1" Subsystem="Compiler" Target="Help_BreakerConfig" ErrorID="10086" />
</Errors>
</MadCapLog>

Can anyone help me how to proceed further
ChoccieMuffin
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Re: ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find t

Post by ChoccieMuffin »

What it's saying is that for some reason it can't find your target file. Have you edited your target file in a text editor? Can you open it successfully in Flare?
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sunilcp
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Re: ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find t

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I have not edited the target file. Yes, I can open it successfully in Flare. Do not know where is the issue
sunilcp
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Re: ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find t

Post by sunilcp »

ChoccieMuffin wrote:What it's saying is that for some reason it can't find your target file. Have you edited your target file in a text editor? Can you open it successfully in Flare?
No, I have not edited it, It opens fine with Flare,

Any help ? thoughts?
jeffklein
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Re: ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find t

Post by jeffklein »

Posting this to help someone else out there who may run into this problem ... since it's probably way too late to help the original poster. :)

We were getting the same issue for an HTML5 target. The error said it could not find the target file (somefilename.fltar) but the path for that target was somewhere in the output folder hierarchy. Made no sense, and the full path was not exceeding the 255 character limit.
Turns out the issue was my target pointed to a CSH file that did not exist. (on the bottom of the Advanced tab)

Hope this helps someone else!
amitkapoor
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Re: ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find t

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Thank you. Save me some good time in troubleshooting the issue. How much effort does it take Flare to report what is exactly missing!!
TeSol
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Re: ErrorID="10086" : Build failed: The system cannot find the f

Post by TeSol »

Thank you for the solution. Unfortunately, I spent a good part of this morning trying to find the solution and came across your post much later. But removing the Alias file (which I don't use) from the Advanced tab of the Target Properties file and adding a missing Master page (not sure how that happened) resolved this issue for me. I'm happy that this issue is resolved.
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