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VCMidlTool.AdditionalOptions Property

Gets or sets options to add to the end of the command line immediately before the file name(s). An example is if an option is not supported in the object model.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property AdditionalOptions As String
'Usage
Dim instance As VCMidlTool 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.AdditionalOptions

instance.AdditionalOptions = value
string AdditionalOptions { get; set; }
property String^ AdditionalOptions {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
function get AdditionalOptions () : String 
function set AdditionalOptions (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
Options added to the end of the command line.

Remarks

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 AdditionalOptions linker 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 VCMidlTool
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        cfgs = prj.Configurations
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)
        tool = cfg.Tools("VCMidlTool")
        tool.AdditionalOptions = ""
        MsgBox(tool.AdditionalOptions)
        tool.AdditionalOptions = tool.AdditionalOptions + "test"
        MsgBox(tool.AdditionalOptions)
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCMidlTool Interface

VCMidlTool Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace