I'm working on a small project that involves compiling code. I keep getting this error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Illegal characters in path.
I've tried finding the source of the problem, this line of code seems to be the problem: CompilerResults cr = provider.CompileAssemblyFromFile(parameters, source1);
This is my code for my class:
using System.IO;
using Microsoft.CSharp;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
namespace Plugin___Prototype
{
    class CompileCode
    {
        public void Compile()
        {
            string source1 = File.ReadAllText(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) + @"\test.cs");
            //string source2 = File.ReadAllText(@"Source path here");
            Console.WriteLine(source1);
            CSharpCodeProvider provider = new CSharpCodeProvider();
            CompilerParameters parameters = new CompilerParameters();
            parameters.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
            parameters.GenerateExecutable = true;
            parameters.OutputAssembly = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) + @"\app1.exe";
            Console.WriteLine(parameters.OutputAssembly);
            parameters.GenerateInMemory = false;
            CompilerResults cr = provider.CompileAssemblyFromFile(parameters, source1);
            if (cr.Errors.Count == 0)
                Console.WriteLine("No Errors");
            else
            {
                foreach (CompilerError error in cr.Errors)
                    Console.WriteLine(error.ErrorText);
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}
This is the output:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in mscorlib.dll
Illegal characters in path.
The program '[14128] Plugin - Prototype.exe' has exited with code -1 (0xffffffff). 
My expected result is for app1.exe to generated in my documents folder.
EDIT: These are the contents of source1:
// A Hello World! program in C#.
using System;
namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Hello
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
            // Keep the console window open in debug mode.
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}
I've fixed it, CompilerResults cr = provider.CompileAssemblyFromFile(parameters, source1);, wanted the file not the contents of the file.
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