VCLinkerTool.ImportLibrary Property

Gets or sets a value specifying which import libraries to generate.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property ImportLibrary As String

string ImportLibrary { get; set; }

property String^ ImportLibrary {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

abstract ImportLibrary : string with get, set

function get ImportLibrary () : String 
function set ImportLibrary (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the names of the import libraries to generate.

Remarks

ImportLibrary exposes the functionality of the /IMPLIB (Name Import Library) linker 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 ImportLibrary 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.ImportLibrary = "testing.lib"
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

VCLinkerTool Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace

Other Resources

/implib

/IMPLIB (Name Import Library)