VCCLCompilerTool.ForcedUsingFiles Property

Forces the use of a file name as if it had been passed to the #using Directive (C++) directive. ForcedUsingFiles exposes the functionality of the compiler's /FU (Name Forced #using File) option.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property ForcedUsingFiles As String
string ForcedUsingFiles { get; set; }
property String^ ForcedUsingFiles {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
abstract ForcedUsingFiles : string with get, set
function get ForcedUsingFiles () : String 
function set ForcedUsingFiles (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
The metadata file to reference in this compilation.

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 ForcedUsingFiles 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 VCCLCompilerTool
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        cfgs = prj.Configurations
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)
        tool = cfg.Tools("VCCLCompilerTool")
        tool.ForcedIncludeFiles = "myfile.dll"
        MsgBox(tool.ForcedIncludeFiles)
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCCLCompilerTool Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace