VCLinkerTool.MergeSections Property

Causes the linker to merge section from into section to; if section to does not exist, section from is renamed to.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property MergeSections As String
    Get
    Set

string MergeSections { get; set; }

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

abstract MergeSections : string with get, set

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

Property Value

Type: System.String
Gets the to section.

Remarks

MergeSections exposes the functionality of the /MERGE (Combine Sections) 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 MergeSections 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.MergeSections = ".rdata=.text"
  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

/MERGE (Combine Sections)