StyleBundle Index was outside the bounds of the array

I want to include all files in directory like this:

bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/Content/simpliq_css").Include(
    "~/Content/simpliq/*.css"
));

But i got this error Index was outside the bounds of the array

and red line is:

@Styles.Render("~/Content/simpliq_css")

[IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.]
   System.String.get_Chars(Int32 index) +0
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.Append(Object obj, TokenType tokenType) +402
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.AppendCurrent() +74
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.ParseElementName() +321
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.ParseSimpleSelector() +54
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.ParseSelector() +555
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.ParseRule() +165
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.ParseStylesheet() +186
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser.Parse(String source) +946
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.Minifier.MinifyStyleSheet(String source, CssSettings settings, CodeSettings scriptSettings) +439
   Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.Minifier.MinifyStyleSheet(String source, CssSettings settings) +73
   System.Web.Optimization.CssMinify.Process(BundleContext context, BundleResponse response) +302
   System.Web.Optimization.Bundle.ApplyTransforms(BundleContext context, String bundleContent, IEnumerable`1 bundleFiles) +207
   System.Web.Optimization.Bundle.GenerateBundleResponse(BundleContext context) +355
   System.Web.Optimization.Bundle.GetBundleResponse(BundleContext context) +104
   System.Web.Optimization.BundleResolver.GetBundleContents(String virtualPath) +254
   System.Web.Optimization.AssetManager.EliminateDuplicatesAndResolveUrls(IEnumerable`1 refs) +435
   System.Web.Optimization.AssetManager.DeterminePathsToRender(IEnumerable`1 assets) +1030
   System.Web.Optimization.AssetManager.RenderExplicit(String tagFormat, String[] paths) +75
   System.Web.Optimization.Styles.RenderFormat(String tagFormat, String[] paths) +293
   System.Web.Optimization.Styles.Render(String[] paths) +51
   ASP._Page_Areas_Admin_Views_Shared__Layout_cshtml.Execute() in f:MyProjectsFablesFablesFables.WebAreasAdminViewsShared_Layout.cshtml:8
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +271
   System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +120
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +145
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer) +41
   System.Web.WebPages.<>c__DisplayClass7.<RenderPageCore>b__6(TextWriter writer) +335
   System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer) +42
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageExecutingBase.WriteTo(TextWriter writer, HelperResult content) +45
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result) +53
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action`1 body) +178
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext() +347
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +154
   System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance) +695
   System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) +382
   System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) +431
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +39
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive(IList`1 filters, Int32 filterIndex, ResultExecutingContext preContext, ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +116
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive(IList`1 filters, Int32 filterIndex, ResultExecutingContext preContext, ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +529
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList`1 filters, ActionResult actionResult) +106
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass28.<BeginInvokeAction>b__19() +321
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1e.<BeginInvokeAction>b__1b(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +185
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +42
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase`1.End() +133
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.End(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object tag) +56
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeAction(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +40
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.<BeginExecuteCore>b__1d(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ExecuteCoreState innerState) +34
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncVoid`1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +70
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase`1.End() +139
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.End(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object tag) +59
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.End(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object tag) +40
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecuteCore(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +44
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.<BeginExecute>b__15(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Controller controller) +39
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncVoid`1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +62
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase`1.End() +139
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.End(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object tag) +59
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.End(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object tag) +40
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +39
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.System.Web.Mvc.Async.IAsyncController.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +39
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.<BeginProcessRequest>b__4(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ProcessRequestState innerState) +39
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncVoid`1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +70
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResultBase`1.End() +139
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.End(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object tag) +59
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.End(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object tag) +40
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +40
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +38
   System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +9514928
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +155

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Method 1

Problem was in version of next packages:

You have to update it and problem will be solved.

Method 2

I had the same problem and when I tried different checking I found out that there is a selector in my css file like this that cause the problem:

.glyphicons-icon _:-o-prefocus, .glyphicons-icon { background-image: url(../images/glyphicons.png); }

it seems that Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.CssParser has a problem with _: css selector. I removed the line and it’s working.

Method 3

The same error can appear when one try to add javascript files to a StyleBundle.

Method 4

I had the same error. My ASP.NET Web Optimization Framework was updated, but Bootstrap was at version 3.3.0. I updated Bootstrap to 3.3.5 and the error is gone.

Method 5

In my case it was just an extra apostrophe “`” in one of js files. ASP.NET seems to be sensitive to this particular character (Grave accent). So be sure to check your code for typos.

Method 6

Note that this can be caused by invalid JavaScript. While working on some JavaScript, I noticed that my bundles suddenly started throwing this message. The stack trace showed that it was blowing up on “Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.JSScanner.ScanTemplateLiteral”. It turns out I had inadvertently added a ` (backtick) in my JavaScript. Removing it caused everything to work again. I’m running Webgrease 1.6.0 and Microsoft ASP.NET Web Optimization Framework 1.1.2.

The bundler was not affected when the CSS had a backtick in it.

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