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Protocol (package schema for Windows 8)

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Declares an app extensibility point of type windows.protocol. A URI association indicates that the app is registered to handle URIs with the specified scheme.

Element hierarchy

<Package>
<Applications>
<Application>
<Extensions>
<Extension>
<Protocol>

Syntax

<Protocol Name = A string between 3 and 39 characters in length that contains numbers, lowercased letters, or a hyphen ('-'). >

  <!-- Child elements -->
  ( Logo?
  & DisplayName?
  )

</Protocol>

Key

?   optional (zero or one)

&   interleave connector (may occur in any order)

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

Attribute Description Data type Required Default value
Name

The name of the URI scheme, such as "mailto". This name must be unique for the package.

 A string between 3 and 39 characters in length that contains numbers, lowercased letters, or a hyphen ('-'). Yes

 

Child Elements

Child Element Description
DisplayName

A friendly name that can be displayed to users.
Logo

A path to a file that contains an image.

 

Parent Elements

Parent Element Description
Extension (in type: CT_ApplicationExtensions)

Declares an extensibility point for the app.

 

Examples

The following example is taken from the package manifest of one of the SDK samples.

<Applications>
  <Application Id="App" StartPage="default.html">
    <Extensions>
      <Extension Category="windows.protocol">
        <Protocol Name="alsdk" />
      </Extension>
    </Extensions>
  </Application>
</Applications>

See also

Tasks How to handle URI activation

Concepts App contracts and extensions

Requirements

Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest