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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is there anyway to set a Visual Studio Build Pre-Link Event
command from a list file? I’m currently using a small utility
program that uses DUMPBIN to strip out all the public methods from the object
files to create the project’s DEF file in creating a DLL. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The .vcproj file would have the following entry if it was
set:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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color:blue'><</span></font><font size=2 color="#a31515" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#A31515'>Tool<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>Name</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>=</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"<font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>VCPreLinkEventTool</span></font>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'> </span></font><font size=2
color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>Description</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>=</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"<font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>Generate $(ProjectName) def file</span></font>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:blue'> </span></font><font size=2
color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>CommandLine</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>=</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"<font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>$(BASEPATH)\local\windows\gendef\$(ConfigurationName)\gendef
$(ConfigurationName)\$(InputName).def $(TargetFileName) $(IntDir)\*.obj</span></font>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:blue'>/><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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