VCMidlTool.InterfaceIdentifierFileName Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

Gets or sets a name for the Interface Identifier file; default is idlfile_i.c.

public:
 property System::String ^ InterfaceIdentifierFileName { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public:
 property Platform::String ^ InterfaceIdentifierFileName { Platform::String ^ get(); void set(Platform::String ^ value); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(33)]
public string InterfaceIdentifierFileName { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(33)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(33)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(33)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(33)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(33)>]
member this.InterfaceIdentifierFileName : string with get, set

Public Property InterfaceIdentifierFileName As String

Property Value

String

A name for the Interface Identifier file.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

The following example modifies the InterfaceIdentifierFileName property in the integrated development environment (IDE):

[Visual Basic]

' 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.InterfaceIdentifierFileName = "myfile_i.c"  
    End Sub  
End Module  

Remarks

InterfaceIdentifierFileName exposes the functionality of the /iid MIDL option.