# COMPILE_PDB_NAME

Added in version 3.1.

Output name for the MS debug symbol `.pdb` file generated by the compiler while building source files.

This property specifies the base name for the debug symbols file. If not set, the default is unspecified.

If the `PRECOMPILE_HEADERS_REUSE_FROM` target is set, this property is ignored and the reusage target's value of this property is used instead.

Added in version 4.1: Contents of `COMPILE_PDB_NAME` may use `generator expressions`.

Note

The compiler-generated program database files are specified by the `/Fd` compiler flag and are not the same as linker-generated program database files specified by the `/pdb` linker flag. Use the `PDB_NAME` property to specify the latter.