<friendlyName> element (Office development in Visual Studio)

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The friendlyName element of the vstov4 namespace stores the name that appears in the list of installed programs.

Syntax

<friendlyName>
</friendlyName>

Elements and attributes

The friendlyName element is in the vstov4 namespace. The value appears in the list of installed programs on the computer, and in the COM VSTO Add-ins dialog box of Microsoft Office applications.

The friendlyName element has no attributes or child elements.

VSTO Add-in example

Description

The following code example illustrates the friendlyName element in an application-level solution deployed by using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.

Code

<vstov4:friendlyName>
  ContosoOutlookAddIn
</vstov4:friendlyName>

See also