/NOASSEMBLY (Create a MSIL Module)
/NOASSEMBLY
Remarks
The /NOASSEMBLY option tells the linker to create an image for the current output file without a .NET Framework assembly. An MSIL output file without an assembly manifest is called a module.
By default, an assembly is created. You can also use the /LN (Create MSIL Module) compiler option to create a module.
Other linker options that affect assembly generation are:
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 > Advanced property page.
Modify the Turn Off Assembly Generation property.