/ALIGN (Section Alignment)
Visual Studio 2015
The new home for Visual Studio documentation is Visual Studio 2017 Documentation on docs.microsoft.com.
The latest version of this topic can be found at -ALIGN (Section Alignment).
ALIGN[:number]
## Remarks where: `number` The alignment value. ## Remarks The /ALIGN option specifies the alignment of each section within the linear address space of the program. The `number` argument is in bytes and must be a power of two. The default is 4K (4096). The linker issues a warning if the alignment produces an invalid image. Unless you are writing an application such as a device driver, you should not need to modify the alignment. It is possible to modify the alignment of a particular section with the align parameter to the [/SECTION](../Topic/-SECTION%20\(Specify%20Section%20Attributes\).md) option. The alignment value that you specify cannot be smaller than the largest section alignment. ### To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment 1. Open the project's **Property Pages** dialog box. For details, see [Setting Visual C++ Project Properties](../Topic/Working%20with%20Project%20Properties.md). 2. Click the **Linker** folder. 3. Click the **Command Line** property page. 4. Type the option into the **Additional Options** box. ### To set this linker option programmatically - See [AdditionalOptions](assetId:///P:Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCCLCompilerTool.AdditionalOptions?qualifyHint=False&autoUpgrade=True). ## See Also [Setting Linker Options](../Topic/Setting%20Linker%20Options.md) [Linker Options](../Topic/Linker%20Options.md)
Show: