/VERBOSE (Print progress messages)
Outputs progress messages during the link process.
Syntax
/VERBOSE[:{CLR|ICF|INCR|LIB|REF|SAFESEH|UNUSEDDELAYLOAD|UNUSEDLIBS}]
Remarks
The linker sends information about the progress of the linking session to the Output window. On the command line, the information is sent to standard output, and can be redirected to a file.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
/VERBOSE |
Displays details about the linking process. |
/VERBOSE:CLR |
Displays information about linker activity specific to objects and metadata compiled by using /clr. |
/VERBOSE:ICF |
Displays information about linker activity that results from the use of /OPT:ICF. |
/VERBOSE:INCR |
Displays information about the incremental link process. |
/VERBOSE:LIB |
Displays progress messages that indicate just the libraries searched. The displayed information includes the library search process. It lists each library and object name (with full path), the symbol being resolved from the library, and a list of objects that reference the symbol. |
/VERBOSE:REF |
Displays information about linker activity that results from the use of /OPT:REF. |
/VERBOSE:SAFESEH |
Displays information about modules that are incompatible with safe structured exception handling when /SAFESEH isn't specified. |
/VERBOSE:UNUSEDDELAYLOAD |
Displays information about any delay loaded DLLs that have no symbols used when the image is created. |
/VERBOSE:UNUSEDLIBS |
Displays information about any library files that are unused when the image is created. |
To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment
Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Set C++ compiler and build properties in Visual Studio.
Select the Configuration Properties > Linker > Command Line property page.
Add the option to the Additional Options box.
To set this linker option programmatically
- See ShowProgress.