JScript Compiler Options Listed by Category

The following compiler options are sorted by category.

Compiler Options

Output Files

Option	Purpose
/out	Specifies output file name.
/target	Specifies the format of the output file using one of three options:/target:exe/target:library/target:winexe.

.NET Framework Assemblies

Option	Purpose
/autoref	Automatically references assemblies if they have the same name as an imported namespace or as a type annotation when declaring a variable.
/lib	Specifies the location of assemblies referenced via /reference.
/nostdlib	Does not import standard library (mscorlib.dll).
/reference	Imports metadata from a file that contains an assembly.

Debugging/Error Checking

Option	Purpose
/debug	Emits debugging information.
/lcid	Specifies code page for compiler messages.
/versionsafe	Helps to make sure that all overrides are explicit.
/warn	Sets warning level.
/warnaserror	Promotes warnings to errors.

Preprocessor

Option	Purpose
/define	Defines preprocessor symbols.

Resources

Option	Purpose
/linkresource	Creates a link to a managed resource.
/resource	Embeds a managed resource in an assembly.
/win32res	Inserts a Win32 resource into the output file.

Miscellaneous

Option	Purpose
@ (Specify Response File)	Specifies a response file.
/codepage	Specifies the code page to use for all source code files in the compilation.
/fast	Produces an output file optimized for speed but that does not support certain language features from previous releases.
/help, /?	Lists compiler options to stdout.
/nologo	Suppresses compiler banner information.
/platform (Visual Studio - JScript)	Specifies the platform type.
/print	Specifies whether the print statement shall be defined.
/utf8output	Displays compiler output using UTF-8 encoding.

See Also

Concepts

JScript Compiler Options Listed Alphabetically

Building from the Command Line

Other Resources

JScript Compiler Options