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Compiling a C/C++ Program
Compiler Options
Compiler Options Listed Alphabetically
@ (Specify a Compiler Response File)
/AI (Specify Metadata Directories)
/arch (Minimum CPU Architecture)
/C (Preserve Comments During Preprocessing)
/c (Compile Without Linking)
/clr (Common Language Runtime Compilation)
/D (Preprocessor Definitions)
/E (Preprocess to stdout)
/EH (Exception Handling Model)
/EP (Preprocess to stdout Without #line Directives)
/F (Set Stack Size)
Output-File (/F) Options
/G (Optimize for Processor) Options
/GA (Optimize for Windows Application)
/Gd, /Gr, /Gz (Calling Convention)
/Ge (Enable Stack Probes)
/Gf, /GF (Eliminate Duplicate Strings)
/GH (Enable _pexit Hook Function)
/Gh (Enable _penter Hook Function)
/GL (Whole Program Optimization)
/Gm (Enable Minimal Rebuild)
/GR (Enable Run-Time Type Information)
/GS (Buffer Security Check)
/Gs (Control Stack Checking Calls)
/GT (Support Fiber-Safe Thread-Local Storage)
/GX (Enable Exception Handling)
/Gy (Enable Function-Level Linking)
/GZ (Enable Stack Frame Run-Time Error Checking)
/H (Restrict Length of External Names)
/HELP (Compiler Command-Line Help)
/I (Additional Include Directories)
/J (Default char Type Is unsigned)
/link (Pass Options to Linker)
/MD, /ML, /MT, /LD (Use Run-Time Library)
/nologo (Suppress Startup Banner)
/O Options (Optimize Code)
/P (Preprocess to a File)
/Q Options (Low-Level Operations)
/RTC (Run-Time Error Checks)
/showIncludes (List Include Files)
/Tc, /Tp, /TC, /TP (Specify Source File Type)
/U, /u (Undefine Symbols)
/V (Version Number)
/vd (Disable Construction Displacements)
/vmb, /vmg (Representation Method)
/vmm, /vms, /vmv (General Purpose Representation)
/Wn, /WX, /Wall, /wnn, /wdn, /wen, /won (Warning Level)
/WL (Enable One-Line Diagnostics)
/Wp64 (Detect 64-Bit Portability Issues)
/X (Ignore Standard Include Paths)
/Y (Precompiled Headers)
/Z7, /Zd, /Zi, /ZI (Debug Information Format)
/Za, /Ze (Disable Language Extensions)
/Zc (Conformance)
/Zg (Generate Function Prototypes)
/Zl (Omit Default Library Name)
/Zm (Specify Precompiled Header Memory Allocation Limit)
/Zp (Struct Member Alignment)
/Zs (Syntax Check Only)
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/HELP (Compiler Command-Line Help)

Visual Studio .NET 2003
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/HELP
/help
/?

This option displays a listing of compiler options to standard output.

To set this compiler option in the Visual Studio development environment

This compiler option should only be accessed from the command line.

To set this compiler option programmatically

This compiler option cannot be changed programmatically.

See Also

Compiler Options | Setting Compiler Options

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