VCLinkerTool Interface

Exposes the functionality of the linker options.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("52FCB857-2429-11D7-8BF6-00B0D03DAA06")> _
Public Interface VCLinkerTool

'Usage
Dim instance As VCLinkerTool

[GuidAttribute("52FCB857-2429-11D7-8BF6-00B0D03DAA06")]
public interface VCLinkerTool

[GuidAttribute(L"52FCB857-2429-11D7-8BF6-00B0D03DAA06")]
public interface class VCLinkerTool

public interface VCLinkerTool

Remarks

The VCLinkerTool object is not available for static library projects. Use VCLibrarianTool for static libraries.

The following new linker options are in Visual Studio 2005:

• /ALLOWISOLATION (Manifest Lookup)

• /PROFILE (Performance Tools Profiler)

• /CLRTHREADATTRIBUTE (Set CLR Thread Attribute)

• /CLRIMAGETYPE (Specify Type of CLR Image)

• /MANIFEST (Create Side-by-Side Assembly Manifest)

• /MANIFESTDEPENDENCY (Specify Manifest Dependencies)

• /MANIFESTFILE (Name Manifest File)

• Three new values can be passed to the /LTCG (Link-time Code Generation) linker option: /LTCG:PGI, /LTCG:PGO, and /LTCG:PGU.

The following linker option was removed in Visual Studio 2005:

• /MAPINFO: LINES (see /MAPINFO (Include Information in Mapfile)).

For more information, see Linker Options.

See Also

Reference

VCLinkerTool Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace