VCLinkerTool.ModuleDefinitionFile Property

Gets or sets the specified module definition file during executable creation.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property ModuleDefinitionFile As String
string ModuleDefinitionFile { get; set; }
property String^ ModuleDefinitionFile {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
abstract ModuleDefinitionFile : string with get, set
function get ModuleDefinitionFile () : String 
function set ModuleDefinitionFile (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the name of the module definition file.

Remarks

ModuleDefinitionFile exposes the functionality of the linker's /DEF (Specify Module-Definition File) option and the librarian's Building an Import Library and Export File option.

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

Examples

The following example modifies the linker's ModuleDefinitionFile 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.ModuleDefinitionFile = "$(SolutionDir)\some.def"
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCLinkerTool Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace