Error in PhoneGap, Visual Project 2010: The command CScript exited with code 1

Question

I'm trying to make an application for windows phone 7 with the framework phonegap, in Visual Studio 2010. But I get an error when I'm trying to compile the project. The error is:

Error 1
The command "CScript "C:\Users\Alan\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\PhoneGapStarter\PhoneGapStarter\BuildManifestProcessor.js" "C:\Users\Alan\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\PhoneGapStarter\PhoneGapStarter\PhoneGapStarter.csproj"" exited with code 1. PhoneGapStarter

I'm using the phonegap library 1.6.1 (cordova), but I can't see what the problem is. I tried to download the library again and added it to the project, but that didn't help.

What can I do?

Answer 1

I had this problem and it was because the environmental variable for CScript wasn't set up.

I fixed it by referencing the cscript.exe directly. You can do this by opening the csproj file in a text editor and changing this line

<PreBuildEvent>CScript "$(ProjectDir)/ManifestProcessor.js" "$(ProjectPath)"</PreBuildEvent>

to

<PreBuildEvent>C:\windows\system32\cscript.exe "$(ProjectDir)/ManifestProcessor.js" "$(ProjectPath)"</PreBuildEvent>

or you can add a new environmental variable

Answer 2

Try to find CordovaSourceDictionary.xml and check if it is read-only. If so, make it writable.

Answer 3

Yes in effect, that was the problem, the error was the enviroment of windows for the js scripts.

So, the solution for this problem was the next:

1. As administrator, run the next script in the comand line (cmd).
   --> regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\jscript.dll

2. Once to the script was run, download the following file (vista_js_fix.reg) and run as administrator.

Answer 4

Had this issue because .js files were associated with another app, which was PhpStorm in my case, but could be any other in your case, e.g Notepad++

Sorted out by running following in the command prompt (as Administrator):

regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\jscript.dll

assoc .js=JSFile