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-langversion (Visual Basic)

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Causes the compiler to accept only syntax that is included in the specified Visual Basic language version.

Syntax

-langversion:version

Arguments

version
Required. The language version to be used during the compilation. Accepted values are 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 15.3, 15.5, 16, 16.9, default, and latest.

Any of the whole numbers may also be specified using .0 as the minor version, for example, 11.0.

You can see the list of all possible values by specifying -langversion:? on the command line.

Remarks

The -langversion option specifies what syntax the compiler accepts. For example, if you specify that the language version is 9.0, the compiler generates errors for syntax that is valid only in version 10.0 and later.

You can use this option when you develop applications that target different versions of .NET Framework. For example, if you are targeting .NET Framework 3.5, you could use this option to ensure that you do not use syntax from language version 10.0.

You can set -langversion directly only by using the command line. For more information, see Targeting a Specific .NET Framework Version.

Example

The following code compiles sample.vb for Visual Basic 9.0.

vbc -langversion:9.0 sample.vb

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