Error Message When You Use Visual Studio .NET to Create an MCMS 2002 Web Project or Template (831627)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to create a new Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 Web project or template by using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot find: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Content Management Server\DevTools\NewItemsWizard71\ProjectItemTemplates\NewCSharpTemplateWizard\Templates\1033\Templates.inf

This issue only occurs when both the following conditions are true:

You have installed MCMS on a computer that is running a non-US version of the Microsoft Windows Server operating system.
MCMS is not installed in the default location.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 . For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906142 How to obtain the latest Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 service pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.This problem was corrected in Content Management Server 2002 Service Pack 1a.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:

Open the following two files with any text editor:
- [CMS-Root]\DevTools\NewItemWizards71\NewCSharpProjectItemWizards\NewCSharpCmsTemplateWizard.vsz
- [CMS-Root]\DevTools\NewItemWizards71\NewVBProjectItemWizards\NewVBCmsTemplateWizard.vsz
Locate the line that contains Param="TEMPLATES_PATH =". Correct the original template path from its default (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Content Management Server\DevTools...) so that it corresponds to the path on your MCMS computer.