Fixing MSBuild CS103, CS012 Compiler Errors

Let’s take a look at the 102 & 103 issues

Ash Grennan

Jun 1, 2018 1 min read

Recently I needed to use MSBuild to compile a solution for a build server.

The MSBuild was location at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin

The following errors were occurring despite this working in the past:

error CS1525: Invalid expression term ‘decimal’ Syntax error, ‘,’ expected error CS1003: Syntax error, ‘,’ expected [Web.csproj]

This was due to C#6/C#7 features which aren’t supported by this MSBuild version.

Using this MSBuild resolved the issue:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\15.0\Bin