Circular file references not allowed

Question

I am having a problem in building my solution in VS2008. Normally, it compiles fine in the environment. Sometimes, it fails with:

/xxx_WEB/secure/CMSManagedT         


        

Answer 1

This bug still exists in ASP.NET 4.0.

The error I got was:

/DirA/PageA.aspx(3): error ASPPARSE: Circular file references are not allowed.
/DirA/PageA.aspx(71): error ASPPARSE: Unknown server tag 'Controls:ControlA'.

ControlA was the same control as referenced on PageA.aspx(3). I found that I had to move ControlA into the same directory as PageA in order to make this error stop.

Answer 2

for me these tricks did not work

-setting batch=true -deleting asp.net Temp files and IIS reset -replacing suspicious ascx files

and the problem was from referencing a recent added project to my solution and unloading it after final build .and removing reference to this newly added library solved the problem

Answer 3

I had similar issue, and got a close clue from @JBicford's answer. I was using Default.aspx on root of website using Master.master in another folder. Don't know if that can cause that, haven't tested this solution yet.

But for someone who is interested in getting publishing problem sort out, below option works for VS 2012, all other options fail because of incorrect dependencies on other folders and pages.