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VCLinkerTool.ForceSymbolReferences Property

Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll
Package:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine v17.14.40264

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Gets or sets the linker or librarian to include a reference to this symbol.

public:
 property System::String ^ ForceSymbolReferences { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public:
 property Platform::String ^ ForceSymbolReferences { Platform::String ^ get(); void set(Platform::String ^ value); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(26)]
public string ForceSymbolReferences { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(26)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(26)] set; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(26)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(26)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(26)>]
member this.ForceSymbolReferences : string with get, set
Public Property ForceSymbolReferences As String

Property Value

A string representing a reference to a symbol.

Attributes

Examples

The following example modifies the /INCLUDE librarian option in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine 
Imports EnvDTE 
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine 

Public Module Module1 
 Sub Test() 
 Dim mystring As String 
 Dim prj As VCProject 
 Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection 
 Dim cfg As VCConfiguration 
 Dim tool As VCLinkerTool 
 prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object 
 cfgs = prj.Configurations 
 cfg = cfgs.Item(1) 
 tool = cfg.Tools("VCLibrarianTool") 
 tool.ForceSymbolReferences = "symbol1,symbol2" 
 End Sub 
End Module

Remarks

ForceSymbolReferences exposes the functionality of the linker's /INCLUDE (Force Symbol References) option or the librarian's Building an Import Library and Export File option.

Separate symbol names with a comma or semicolon.

Applies to