XSharp

Item

Description

Command item

Default Namespace

Specifies the default namespace for added items, such as classes, that are added via the Add New Item Dialog Box.

This is not a commandline option for the compiler but used by Visual Studio.

Dialect

Select the compiler dialect to use when compiling this project. Changing the dialect may also change the 'Allow NamedArguments' setting on the Language page."

-dialect

Output Type

The type of application to build.

Startup Object

The name of the class that contains the Start method that you want called when you launch your application.

The default for X# applications is the Start function inside the compiler generated Functions class.

You can override this setting by specifying another classname here.

-main:

Target Framework Moniker

The version of the Common Language Runtime to use for output assembly.

This is not a commandline option for the compiler but controls the location from which reference assemblies are loaded.

Assembly Name

The name of the output file that will hold assembly metadata.

-out

Output File

The name of the protject's primary output file.

This is derived from the assembly name

Project File

The name of the file containing build, configuration, and other information about the project.

This is the name from the current project

Project Folder

The absolute location of the project

This is the location from the current project

Application Icon

Sets the .ico file to use as your application icon. Please note that if your application contains native resources then this value will be ignored.

-win32icon

Prefer native resource over managed resource

When your application includes a native resource, use this native resource and do not generate a resource based on the global assembly properties such as AssemblyTitle, AssemblyVersion etc.

-usenativeversion

Suppress default Win32 manifest

Suppress default Win32 manifest. You will have to supply your own Win32 manifest if you suppress the default one.

-nowin32manifest

Vulcan Compatible Managed Resources

Use Vulcan Compatible Managed Resources (when 'True' then resources files are included in the assembly without namespace prefix. When 'False' then the resource files are prefixed with the namespace of the app, just like in other .Net languages, such as C#)

-resource