VCLinkerTool.OptimizeReferences Property
Visual Studio 2015
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.
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
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