@ Response File Command

midl @response_file

response_file

Specifies the name of a response file. The response filename must immediately follow the @ character. No white space is allowed between the @ character and the response filename.

Examples

midl @midl.rsp

midl /pack 4 @midl1.rsp /env win32 @midl2.rsp itf.idl

Remarks

As an alternative to placing all the options associated with a switch on the command line, the MIDL compiler accepts response files that contain switches and arguments.

A response file is a text file containing one or more MIDL compiler command-line options. Unlike a command line, a response file allows multiple lines of options and filenames. This is important on systems such as MS-DOS, which limit the number of characters in the command line.

Options in a response file are interpreted as if they are present at that place in the MIDL command line.

Each argument in a response file must begin and end on the same line. The backslash character ( \ ) cannot be used to concatenate lines.

When it is part of a quoted string in the response file, the backslash character can only be used before another backslash (\or before a double quotation mark character ("). When it is not part of a quoted string, the backslash character can only be used before a double quotation mark character.

MIDL supports command-line arguments that include one or more response files combined with other command-line switches.

The MIDL compiler does not support nested response files.

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