VCLinkerTool.GenerateDebugInformation Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine v17.12.40390

Gets or sets a value enabling generation of debug information.

public:
 property bool GenerateDebugInformation { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public:
 property bool GenerateDebugInformation { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(50)]
public bool GenerateDebugInformation { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(50)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(50)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(50)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(50)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(50)>]
member this.GenerateDebugInformation : bool with get, set

Public Property GenerateDebugInformation As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if debug information is generated; otherwise, false.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

The following example modifies the GenerateDebugInformation 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.GenerateDebugInformation = False  
  End Sub  
End Module  

Remarks

GenerateDebugInformation exposes the functionality of the /DEBUG (Generate Debug Info) linker option.