Error: CS1617: Invalid option 6 for langversion

Introduction

I was upgrading my MVC app from MVC 4 to MVC 5 in visual studio 2013 then eventually got message CS1617: Invalid option '6' for /langversion. I looked into issue very closely and then finally come up with the right solution. I am sharing the resolution with you all as given below. In my earlier article, I discussed also How to implement custom error pages using MVC application using Visual Studio.

Error Description

Error: CS1617: Invalid option '6' for /langversion; must be ISO-1, ISO-2, 3, 4, 5 or Default

Resolution

I have just added langversion:5 in my application web.config, it was earlier langversion:6 and it resolved my issue. You just need to lookup into system.codedom and modify compilerOptions attribute from langversion:6 to langversion:5 and modify it accordingly. I have provided web.config code part needed to change as below:

Conclusion

While we are working on real time world application then we need to upgrade/change our existing application code to meet up real time challenge, sometimes changes can direct into new challenges. In the same way, today here, I have provided a resolution of error CS1617: Invalid option 6 for langversion.

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