Gets or sets the type of debugging information generated by the compiler. DebugInformationFormat exposes the functionality of the compiler's /Z7, /Zi, /ZI (Debug Information Format) options.
Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property DebugInformationFormat As debugOption
debugOption DebugInformationFormat { get; set; }
property debugOption DebugInformationFormat {
    debugOption get ();
    void set (debugOption value);
}
abstract DebugInformationFormat : debugOption with get, set
function get DebugInformationFormat () : debugOption 
function set DebugInformationFormat (value : debugOption)
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.debugOption
A debugOption enumeration.
Examples
See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.
The following example modifies the DebugInformationFormat property in the integrated development environment (IDE):
' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim prj As VCProject
        Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection
        Dim cfg As VCConfiguration
        Dim tool As VCCLCompilerTool
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        cfgs = prj.Configurations
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)
        tool = cfg.Tools("VCCLCompilerTool")
        tool.DebugInformationFormat = debugOption.debugEnabled
    End Sub
End Module
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.