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/STUB (MS-DOS Stub File Name)

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/STUB:filename

Arguments

filename
An MS-DOS application.

Remarks

The /STUB option attaches an MS-DOS stub program to a Win32 program.

A stub program is invoked if the file is executed in MS-DOS. It usually displays an appropriate message; however, any valid MS-DOS application can be a stub program.

Specify a filename for the stub program after a colon (:) on the command line. The linker checks filename and issues an error message if the file is not an executable. The program must be an .exe file; a .com file is invalid for a stub program.

If this option is not used, the linker attaches a default stub program that issues the following message:

This program cannot be run in MS-DOS mode.

When building a virtual device driver, filename allows the user to specify a file name that contains an IMAGE_DOS_HEADER structure (defined in WINNT.H) to be used in the VXD, rather than the default header.

To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment

  1. Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Set C++ compiler and build properties in Visual Studio.

  2. Select the Configuration Properties > Linker > Command Line property page.

  3. Enter the option into the Additional Options box.

To set this linker option programmatically

See also

MSVC linker reference
MSVC Linker Options