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v0.85-rc1 |
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
Compiles Visual Basic.NET programs.
Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
baseaddress | string | The preferred base address at which to load a DLL. The default base address for a DLL is set by the .NET Framework common language runtime. | False |
doc | file | The name of the XML documentation file to generate. Only supported when targeting .NET 2.0 (or higher). | False |
imports | string |
Deprecated. Specifies whether the /imports option gets passed to the compiler. |
False |
optioncompare | string | Specifies whether /optioncompare option gets passed to the compiler. |
False |
optionexplicit | bool | Specifies whether the /optionexplicit option gets passed to the compiler. The default is false. |
False |
optionoptimize | bool | Specifies whether the /optimize option gets passed to the compiler. The default is false. |
False |
optionstrict | bool | Specifies whether the /optionstrict option gets passed to the compiler. The default is false. |
False |
removeintchecks | bool | Specifies whether the /removeintchecks option gets passed to the compiler. The default is false. |
False |
rootnamespace | string | Specifies whether the /rootnamespace option gets passed to the compiler. |
False |
output | file | The output file created by the compiler. | True |
target | string | Output type. Possible values are exe , winexe , library or module . |
True |
debug | bool | Generate debug output. The default is false. | False |
define | string | Define conditional compilation symbol(s). | False |
failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False |
if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False |
main | string | Specifies which type contains the Main method that you want to use as the entry point into the program. | False |
nowarn | string | Deprecated. Specifies a comma-separated list of warnings that should be suppressed by the compiler. | False |
rebuild | bool | Instructs NAnt to recompile the output file regardless of the file timestamps. | False |
timeout | int | The maximum amount of time the application is allowed to execute, expressed in milliseconds. Defaults to no time-out. | False |
unless | bool | Opposite of if . If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. |
False |
verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False |
warnaserror | bool | Instructs the compiler to treat all warnings as errors. The default is false. | False |
win32icon | file | Icon to associate with the application. | False |
Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
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exename | string | The name of the executable that should be used to launch the external program. | False |
supportsnowarnlist | bool | Indicates whether the compiler for a given target framework supports a command line option that allows a list of warnings to be suppressed. The default is false. | False |
supportspackagereferences | bool | Indicates whether package references are supported by compiler for a given target framework. The default is false. | False |
supportswarnaserrorlist | bool | Indicates whether the compiler for a given target framework supports the "warnaserror" option that takes a list of warnings. The default is false. | False |
useruntimeengine | bool | Specifies whether the external program should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false. | False |
Contains a collection of NamespaceImport elements.
Contains a collection of CompilerWarning elements.
Contains a strongly typed collection of Package objects.
Contains a strongly typed collection of <resourcefileset> objects.
Contains a collection of Argument elements.
Example build file using this task.
<project name="Hello World" default="build" basedir="."> <property name="basename" value="HelloWorld" /> <target name="clean"> <delete file="${basename}-vb.exe" failonerror="false" /> <delete file="${basename}-vb.pdb" failonerror="false" /> </target> <target name="build"> <vbc target="exe" output="${basename}-vb.exe" rootnamespace="${basename}"> <imports> <import name="System" /> <import name="System.Data" /> </imports> <sources> <include name="${basename}.vb" /> </sources> <resources dynamicprefix="true"> <include name="**/*.resx" /> </resources> <references> <include name="System.dll" /> <include name="System.Data.dll" /> </references> </vbc> </target> <target name="rebuild" depends="clean, build" /> </project>