VCMidlTool.ErrorCheckRefPointers Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to error check reference pointers for NULL.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property ErrorCheckRefPointers As Boolean
bool ErrorCheckRefPointers { get; set; }
property bool ErrorCheckRefPointers {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
abstract ErrorCheckRefPointers : bool with get, set
function get ErrorCheckRefPointers () : boolean 
function set ErrorCheckRefPointers (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if to error check reference pointers for NULL; otherwise, false.

Remarks

ErrorCheckRefPointers exposes the functionality of the /error MIDL option.

Examples

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

The following example modifies the ErrorCheckRefPointers property in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim prj As VCProject
        Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection
        Dim cfg As VCConfiguration
        Dim tool As VCMidlTool
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        cfgs = prj.Configurations
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)
        tool = cfg.Tools("VCMIDLTool")
        tool.ErrorCheckRefPointers = True
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCMidlTool Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace