VCLinkerTool.ProgramDatabaseFile Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

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Enables generation of a program database .pdb file.

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

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

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(51)]
public string ProgramDatabaseFile { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(51)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(51)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(51)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(51)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(51)>]
member this.ProgramDatabaseFile : string with get, set

Public Property ProgramDatabaseFile As String

Property Value

String

A string representing the name of the .pdb file.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

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

' 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 VCLinkerTool  
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object  
        cfgs = prj.Configurations  
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)  
        tool = cfg.Tools("VCLinkerTool")  
        tool.GenerateDebugInformation = True  
        tool.ProgramDatabaseFile = "$(OutDir)/my.pdb"  
    End Sub  
End Module

Remarks

ProgramDatabaseFile exposes the functionality of the /PDB (Use Program Database) linker option.

Applies to