flags

The flags function specifies build flags to modify the compiling or linking process.

#!lua
flags { "flag_list" }

If a project includes multiple calls to flags the lists are concatenated, in the order in which they appear in the script.

Parameters

flag_list is a list of string flag names; see below for a list of valid flags. The flag values are not case-sensitive. Flags that are not supported by a particular platform or toolset are ignored.

Flag	Description
ExcludeFromBuild	Exclude a source code file from the build, for the current configuration.
FatalWarnings	Treat warnings as errors.
LinkTimeOptimization	Enable link-time (i.e. whole program) optimizations.
Managed	Enable Managed C++ (.NET) features.
MFC	Enable support for Microsoft Foundation Classes.
MultiProcessorCompile	Enable Visual Studio to use multiple compiler processes when building.
No64BitChecks	Disable 64-bit portability warnings.
NoBufferSecurityCheck	Turn off stack protection checks.
NoCopyLocal	Prevent referenced assemblies from being copied to the target directory (C#)
NoEditAndContinue	Disable support for Visual Studio's Edit-and-Continue feature.
NoExceptions	Disable C++ exception support.
NoFramePointer	Disable the generation of stack frame pointers.
NoImplicitLink	Disable Visual Studio's default behavior of automatically linking dependent projects.
NoIncrementalLink	Disable support for Visual Studio's incremental linking feature.
NoImportLib	Prevent the generation of an import library for a Windows DLL.
NoManifest	Prevent the generation of a manifest for Windows executables and shared libraries.
NoMinimalRebuild	Disable Visual Studio's minimal rebuild feature.
NoPCH	Disable precompiled header support. If not specified, the toolset default behavior will be used.
NoRTTI	Disable C++ runtime type information.
NoRuntimeChecks	Disable Visual Studio's default stack frame and uninitialized variable checks on debug builds.
OmitDefaultLibrary	Omit the specification of a runtime library in object files.
SEH	Enable structured exception handling.
StaticRuntime	Perform a static link against the standard runtime libraries.
Symbols	Generate debugging information.
Unicode	Enable Unicode strings. If not specified, the default toolset behavior is used.
Unsafe	Enable the use of unsafe code in .NET applications.
WinMain	Use WinMain() as entry point for Windows applications, rather than the default main().
WPF	Mark the project as using Windows Presentation Framework, rather than WinForms.

Applies To

Configurations, both for projects and individual files, though not all flags are yet supported for files.

Availability

Unless otherwise noted, Premake 4.0 or later.

Examples

A common configuration: enable debugging symbols in the Debug configuration, and optimize the Release configuration.

#!lua
configuration "Debug"
   flags { "Symbols" }

configuration "Release"
   flags { "Optimize" }

Enable the maximum warning level, and treat warnings as errors.

#!lua
flags { "ExtraWarnings", "FatalWarnings" }