VCLinkerTool.MidlCommandFile Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine v17.12.40390

Specifies a response file for MIDL commands to use.

public:
 property System::String ^ MidlCommandFile { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public:
 property Platform::String ^ MidlCommandFile { Platform::String ^ get(); void set(Platform::String ^ value); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(40)]
public string MidlCommandFile { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(40)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(40)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(40)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(40)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(40)>]
member this.MidlCommandFile : string with get, set

Public Property MidlCommandFile As String

Property Value

String

A string representing the name of the response file.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

The following example modifies the MidlCommandFile 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.MidlCommandFile = "c:\a.rsp"  
  End Sub  
End Module  

Remarks

MidlCommandFile exposes the functionality of the /MIDL (Specify MIDL Command Line Options) linker option.

MidlCommandFile can also be used to specify the commands to place into a response file.