PAVEOVER Content Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)
Groups content in a .vscontent file.
<VSContent>
<Content>
<Content>
...
</Content>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
FileName |
Required element. Specifies the name of a file for the component. |
DisplayName |
Required element. Specifies the name that will be displayed in the Visual Studio Content Installer for the component. |
Description |
Required element. Specifies the tooltip text that will appear in the Visual Studio Content Installer to describe the component. |
FileContentType |
Required element. Specifies whether the component is an add-in, macro project, IntelliSense code snippet, starter kit or Visual Studio template, or a Toolbox control. |
ContentVersion |
Required element. Specifies which versions of Visual Studio the component supports. |
Attributes |
Optional element. Specifies custom information about the component, which varies based on FileContentType. |
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
VSContent |
Required element. Contains all the metadata about the community content item. |
Remarks
Content is a required element.
Example
The following example shows the metadata for a macro community content component.
<VSContent xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vscontent/2005">
<Content>
<FileName>MyMacroProject.vsmacros</FileName>
<DisplayName>My Macro Project</DisplayName>
<Description> A macro project created for this example.</Description>
<FileContentType>Macro Project</FileContentType>
<ContentVersion>1.0</ContentVersion>
</Content>
</VSContent>