# Configuration "Debug Comp-Test" is now not a valid configuration
**URL:** https://talk.remobjects.com/t/configuration-debug-comp-test-is-now-not-a-valid-configuration/20209
**Category:** Oxygene
**Created:** [August 28, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/configuration-debug-comp-test-is-now-not-a-valid-configuration/20209 "2019-08-28T09:20:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Mario\_Noack](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/Mario_Noack)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/configuration-debug-comp-test-is-now-not-a-valid-configuration/20209/1 "2019-08-28T09:20:10Z")
Hello,
I create a new Oxygene Net 4.5.2 Console application -\> all works fine.
Now I add a new configuration via VS configuration manager: “Debug ZiWu-Test”. Now I can’t compile:
1\>------ Erstellen gestartet: Projekt: ConsoleApplication1, Konfiguration: Debug ZiWu-Test ------
1\>Ziel “\_ValidateEBuild” in Datei “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\RemObjects Software\Elements\RemObjects.Elements.Echoes.targets” aus Projekt “D:\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1.elements” (Einstiegspunkt):
1\>Ziel “Build” in Datei “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\RemObjects Software\Elements\RemObjects.Elements.Echoes.targets” aus Projekt “D:\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1.elements” (Einstiegspunkt):
1\> RemObjects EBuild. An open source build engine for Elements and beyond.
1\> Copyright RemObjects Software 2016-2019. All Rights Reserved. Created by marc hoffman.
1\> Version 10.0.0.2429 (develop) built on talax, 20190809-125423. Commit c9bf0ff.
1\> Reference ‘mscorlib’ was resolved to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5.2\mscorlib.dll’ for target ‘Echoes’.
1\> Reference ‘System’ was resolved to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5.2\System.dll’ for target ‘Echoes’.
1\> Reference ‘System.Data’ was resolved to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5.2\System.Data.dll’ for target ‘Echoes’.
1\> Reference ‘System.Xml’ was resolved to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5.2\System.Xml.dll’ for target ‘Echoes’.
1\> Reference ‘System.Core’ was resolved to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5.2\System.Core.dll’ for target ‘Echoes’.
1\> Reference ‘System.Xml.Linq’ was resolved to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5.2\System.Xml.Linq.dll’ for target ‘Echoes’.
1\> Reference ‘System.Data.DataSetExtensions’ was resolved to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5.2\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll’ for target ‘Echoes’.
1\> RemObjects Elements (Oxygene, C#, Swift and Java) Compiler for .NET, Cocoa, Java and Island.
1\> Version 10.0.0.2429 (develop) built on talax, 20190809-125423. Commit c9bf0ff.
1\> Copyright 2003-2019 RemObjects Software, LLC. All rights reserved.
1\> E: Fatal Error: “Debug ZiWu-Test” is not valid Xmlelement name
1\>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\RemObjects Software\Elements\RemObjects.Elements.Echoes.targets(53,3): error : Fatal Error: “Debug ZiWu-Test” is not valid Xmlelement name
1\> Solution ‘ConsoleApplication1’ failed to build all projects.
1\>Die Erstellung des Projekts “ConsoleApplication1.elements” ist abgeschlossen – FEHLER.
1\>
1\>Fehler beim Buildvorgang.
I understand the problem, but my old project still uses such configurations. How can I fix it?
Mario
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### Author:  [@Mario\_Noack](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/Mario_Noack)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/configuration-debug-comp-test-is-now-not-a-valid-configuration/20209/2 "2019-08-28T10:13:55Z")
Additional information:
I go back to 10.0.0.2399 -\> same problem
I go back to 10.0.0.2373 -\> all works fine
Thanks, Mario
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/configuration-debug-comp-test-is-now-not-a-valid-configuration/20209/3 "2019-08-28T21:50:07Z")
can you send me the project (or a test case that shows he same issue)? that said, iirc spaces in the configuration name aren’t valid or at least could be part of the problem.
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### Author:  [@Mario\_Noack](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/Mario_Noack)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/configuration-debug-comp-test-is-now-not-a-valid-configuration/20209/4 "2019-08-29T06:21:05Z")
No problem:
[ConsoleApplication1.zip](https://talk.remobjects.com/uploads/short-url/jf59wj19SrJPtXO4zM76kMoDQIu.zip) (91,7 KB)
I use the default project template in VS 2017 with Net 4.5.2 and add only a readln and the configuration, based on debug. I use for the name a space character and “-”. I don’t know if space or “-” is the problem.
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/configuration-debug-comp-test-is-now-not-a-valid-configuration/20209/5 "2019-08-29T13:46:57Z")
Reproduced, yes. It is want I thought yesterday; right now configuration names need to consist of just letters and numbers, as they are used as the names of elements in the XML metadata EBuild stores, ie `...`.
I consider this “as designed” for now; the proper solution is to rename the configuration, say to “`DebugZiWuTest`”.