VCLinkerTool.OptimizeReferences Property
Visual Studio 2012
Enables elimination of functions or data that are never referenced.
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)
OptimizeReferences exposes the functionality of the /OPT (Optimizations) linker option.
Use the optRefType enumeration to change the value of this property.
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 OptimizeReferences 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 VCLinkerTool prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object cfgs = prj.Configurations cfg = cfgs.Item(1) tool = cfg.Tools("VCLinkerTool") tool.OptimizeReferences = optRefType.optReferences End Sub End Module
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.
