Visual Basic Compiler Options Listed Alphabetically

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02/04/2013

The Visual Basic command-line compiler is provided as an alternative to compiling programs from the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). The following is a list of the Visual Basic command-line compiler options sorted alphabetically.

Option	Purpose
@ (Specify Response File)	Specifies a response file.
/?	Displays compiler options. This command is the same as specifying the /help option. No compilation occurs.
/addmodule	Causes the compiler to make all type information from the specified file(s) available to the project you are currently compiling.
/baseaddress	Specifies the base address of a DLL.
/bugreport	Creates a file that contains information that makes it easy to report a bug.
/codepage	Specifies the code page to use for all source code files in the compilation.
/debug	Produces debugging information.
/define	Defines symbols for conditional compilation.
/delaysign	Specifies whether the assembly will be fully or partially signed.
/doc	Processes documentation comments to an XML file.
/errorreport	Specifies how the Visual Basic compiler should report internal compiler errors.
/filealign	Specifies where to align the sections of the output file.
/help	Displays compiler options. This command is the same as specifying the /? option. No compilation occurs.
/imports	Imports a namespace from a specified assembly.
/keycontainer	Specifies a key container name for a key pair to give an assembly a strong name.
/keyfile	Specifies a file that contains a key or key pair to give an assembly a strong name.
/langversion	Specifies that the compiler should accept only syntax that is included in the specified version of Visual Basic.
/libpath	Specifies the location of assemblies referenced by the /reference option.
/linkresource	Creates a link to a managed resource.
/main	Specifies the class that contains the Sub Main procedure to use at startup.
/moduleassemblyname	Specifies the name of the assembly that a module will be a part of.
/netcf	Sets the compiler to target the .NET Compact Framework.
/noconfig	Do not compile with Vbc.rsp.
/nologo	Suppresses compiler banner information.
/nostdlib	Causes the compiler not to reference the standard libraries.
/nowarn	Suppresses the compiler's ability to generate warnings.
/nowin32manifest	Instructs the compiler not to embed any application manifest into the executable file.
/optimize	Enables/disables code optimization.
/optioncompare	Specifies whether string comparisons should be binary or use locale-specific text semantics.
/optionexplicit	Enforces explicit declaration of variables.
/optioninfer	Enables the use of local type inference in variable declarations.
/optionstrict	Enforces strict language semantics.
/out	Specifies an output file.
/platform	Specifies the processor platform the compiler targets for the output file.
/quiet	Prevents the compiler from displaying code for syntax-related errors and warnings.
/recurse	Searches subdirectories for source files to compile.
/reference	Imports metadata from an assembly.
/removeintchecks	Disables integer overflow checking.
/resource	Embeds a managed resource in an assembly.
/rootnamespace	Specifies a namespace for all type declarations.
/sdkpath	Specifies the location of Mscorlib.dll and Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll.
/target	Specifies the format of the output file.
/utf8output	Displays compiler output using UTF-8 encoding.
/vbruntime	Specifies that the compiler should compile without a reference to the Visual Basic Runtime Library, or with a reference to a specific runtime library.
/verbose	Outputs extra information during compilation.
/warnaserror	Promotes warnings to errors.
/win32icon	Inserts an .ico file into the output file.
/win32manifest	Identifies a user-defined Win32 application manifest file to be embedded into a project's portable executable (PE) file.
/win32resource	Inserts a Win32 resource into the output file.

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