Professional Visual Studio® 2008

47.3. Visual Basic Compile Page

Visual Basic projects have an additional set of options that control how the build process will occur. To access the compile options for a specific project, open My Project by double-clicking its entry in the Solution Explorer. When the project Options page is shown, navigate to the Compile page from the list on the left side (see Figure 47-4).

Figure 47.4. Figure 47-4

The "Build output path" option controls where the executable version (application or DLL) of your project is stored. For Visual Basic, the default setting is the bin\Release\ directory, but you can change this by browsing to the desired location.

It is recommended that you enable the "Treat all warnings as errors" option because this will, in most cases, encourage you to write better, less error-prone code.

You should be aware of two additional sets of hidden options. The Build Events button in the lower-right corner is available to Visual Basic developers who want to run actions or scripts before or after the build has been performed. They are discussed in a moment.

47.3.1. Advanced Compiler Settings

Clicking the Advanced Compile Options button displays the Advanced Compiler Settings dialog (see Figure 47-5) in which you can fine-tune the build process for the selected project, with settings divided into two broad groups: Optimizations and Compilation Constants.

Figure 47.5. Figure ...