Linker

ProjectOptionsLinker

This is the top-level node of the Linker command line options.

Note: Options marked with an asterisk (*) on the options pages are the default values.

Build Configuration option	Description
Build Configuration	Displays the active build configuration. Use the drop-down menu to select another build configuration.
Save As...	Displays the Save As dialog box to save the current configuration's options to a file that can be loaded as a named option set.
Load...	Displays the Apply Option Set dialog box to apply the options in a named option set to the current configuration.

General option	Description
Default	Saves the current settings as the default for each new project.

Note: Many linker options and their switches are described in the other linker option pages for which links are provided below. You can also get information about Linker options by entering ilink32

in a command window:

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  -C       Clear state before linking
  -wxxx    Warning control
  -Enn     Max number of errors
  -r       Verbose linking
  -q       Supress banner
  -c       Case sensitive linking
  -v       Full debug information
  -Gn      No state files
  -Gi      Generate import library
  -GD      Generate .DRC file
Map File Control:
  -M       Map with mangled names
  -m       Map file with publics
  -s       Detailed segment map
  -x       No map
Paths:
  -I       Intermediate output dir
  -L       Specify library search paths
  -j       Specify object search paths
Image Control:
  -d       Delay load a .DLL
  -Af:nnnn Specify file alignment
  -Ao:nnnn Specify object alignment
  -ax      Specify application type
  -b:xxxx  Specify image base addr
  -Txx     Specify output file type
  -H:xxxx  Specify heap reserve size
  -Hc:xxxx Specify heap commit size
  -S:xxxx  Specify stack reserve size
  -Sc:xxxx Specify stack commit size
  -Vd.d    Specify Windows version
  -Dstring Set image description
  -Vd.d    Specify subsystem version
  -Ud.d    Specify image user version
  -GC      Specify image comment str
  -GF      Set image flags
  -Gl      Static package
  -Gpd     Design time only package
  -Gpr     Runtime only package
  -GS      Set section flags
  -Gt      Fast TLS
  -Gz      Do image checksum
  -Rr      Replace resources