Vbc Task

Vbc Task This task compiles Visual Basic.NET source into executables or modules. For historical reasons the pattern `**/*.vb` is preset as includes list and you can not override it with an explicit includes attribute. Use nested `<src>` elements instead of the basedir attribute if you need more control. |

Description

> This task compiles Visual Basic.NET source into executables or modules. The task requires vbc.exe on the execute path, unless it or an equivalent program is specified in the `executable` parameter

> All parameters are optional: `<vbc/>` should suffice to produce a debug build of all *.vb files.

> The task is a directory based task, so attributes like `includes="**\/*.vb"` and `excludes="broken.vb"` can be used to control the files pulled in. By default, all *.vb files from the project folder down are included in the command. When this happens the destFile -if not specified- is taken as the first file in the list, which may be somewhat hard to control. Specifying the output file with `destfile` is prudent.

> Also, dependency checking only works if destfile is set. As with `<csc>` nested `src` filesets of source, reference filesets, definitions and resources can be provided.

> Example

>     <vbc optimize="true" debug="false" warnLevel="4" targetType="exe" definitions="RELEASE" excludes="src/unicode_class.vb" mainClass = "MainApp" destFile="NetApp.exe" optionExplicit="true" optionCompare="text" references="System.Xml,System.Web.Xml" > <reference file="${testCSC.dll}"/> <define name="RELEASE"/> <define name="DEBUG" if="debug.property"/> <define name="def3" unless="def2.property"/> </vbc>

Parameters

> Attribute | Description | Type | Requirement
> additionalmodules | Semicolon separated list of modules to refer to. | String | Optional
> debug | set the debug flag on or off. | boolean
> destdir | Set the destination directory of files to be compiled. | File
> destfile | Set the name of exe/library to create. | File
> executable | set the name of the program, overriding the defaults. Can be used to set the full path to a program, or to switch to an alternate implementation of the command, such as the Mono or Rotor versions -provided they use the same command line arguments as the .NET framework edition | String
> extraoptions | Any extra options which are not explicitly supported by this task. | String
> failonerror | If true, fail on compilation errors. | boolean
> imports | Declare global imports for namespaces in referenced metadata files. | String
> includedefaultreferences | If true, automatically includes the common assemblies in dotnet, and tells the compiler to link in mscore.dll. set the automatic reference inclusion flag on or off this flag controls the /nostdlib option in CSC | boolean
> mainclass | Sets the name of main class for executables. | String
> optimize | If true, enables optimization flag. | boolean
> optioncompare | Specify binary- or text-style string comparisons. Defaults to "binary" | String
> optionexplicit | Whether to require explicit declaration of variables. | boolean
> optionstrict | Enforce strict language semantics. | boolean
> referencefiles | Path of references to include. Wildcards should work. | Path
> references | Semicolon separated list of DLLs to refer to. | String
> removeintchecks | Whether to remove integer checks. Default false. | boolean
> rootnamespace | Specifies the root namespace for all type declarations. | String
> srcdir | Set the source directory of the files to be compiled. | File
> targettype | set the target type to one of exe|library|module|winexe | "exe", "library", "module", "winexe"
> utf8output | If true, require all compiler output to be in UTF8 format. | boolean
> warnlevel | Level of warning currently between 1 and 4 with 4 being the strictest. | int
> win32icon | Set the filename of icon to include. | File
> win32res | Sets the filename of a win32 resource (.RES) file to include. This is not a .NET resource, but what Windows is used to. | File

Parameters as nested elements

> define (org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.dotnet.DotnetDefine)

> > add a define to the list of definitions

> reference (org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet)

> > add a new reference fileset to the compilation

> resource (org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.dotnet.DotnetResource)

> > link or embed a resource

> src (org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet)

> > add a new source directory to the compile