/MIDL (Specify MIDL Command Line Options) 

/MIDL:@file

Remarks

where:

• file
  The name of the file that that contains MIDL command line options.

Remarks

All options for the conversion of an IDL file to a TLB file must be given in file; MIDL command-line options cannot be specified on the linker's command line. If /MIDL is not specified, the MIDL compiler will be invoked with only the IDL file name and no other options.

The file should contain one MIDL command-line option per line.

To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment

1. Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Setting Visual C++ Project Properties.

2. Click the Linker folder.

3. Click the Embedded IDL property page.

4. Modify the MIDL Commands property.

To set this linker option programmatically

• See MidlCommandFile.

See Also

Reference

Setting Linker Options
Linker Options
/IDLOUT (Name MIDL Output Files)
/IGNOREIDL (Don't Process Attributes into MIDL)
/TLBOUT (Name .TLB File)

Other Resources

Building an Attributed Program