WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS | |
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This property is implemented only for MS-compatible tools on Windows. | |
Enable this boolean property to automatically create a module definition | |
(``.def``) file with all global symbols found in the input ``.obj`` files | |
for a ``SHARED`` library (or executable with :prop_tgt:`ENABLE_EXPORTS`) | |
on Windows. The module definition file will be passed to the linker | |
causing all symbols to be exported from the ``.dll``. | |
For global *data* symbols, ``__declspec(dllimport)`` must still be used when | |
compiling against the code in the ``.dll``. All other function symbols will | |
be automatically exported and imported by callers. This simplifies porting | |
projects to Windows by reducing the need for explicit ``dllexport`` markup, | |
even in ``C++`` classes. | |
This property is initialized by the value of | |
the :variable:`CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS` variable if it is set | |
when a target is created. |