VCMidlTool.CPreprocessOptions Property

Gets or sets a C-compiler preprocessor option to pass to the MIDL compiler.

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

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: System.String
A C-compiler preprocessor option.

Remarks

CPreprocessOptions exposes the functionality of the /cpp_opt MIDL 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 CPreprocessOptions property in the integrated development environment (IDE):

[Visual Basic]

' 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.CPreprocessOptions = "test"
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCMidlTool Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace