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ExtendedOverrides element

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Specifies the full URLs for JSON-formatted files that extend the manifest. For detailed information about the use of this element and its descendent elements, see Work with extended overrides of the manifest.

Add-in type: Task pane

Syntax

<ExtendedOverrides Url="string" [ResourcesUrl="string"] ></ExtendedOverrides>

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Can contain

The <ExtendedOverrides> element can contain the following child element depending on the add-in type.

Element Content Mail TaskPane
Tokens No No Yes

Attributes

Attribute Description
Url (required) The full URL of the extended overrides JSON file. In the future, this value could be a URL template that uses tokens defined by the Tokens element. See Examples.
ResourcesUrl (optional) The full URL of a file that provides supplemental resources, such as localized strings, for the file specified in the Url attribute. This could be a URL template that uses tokens defined by the Tokens element.

Examples

<OfficeApp ...>
  <!-- other elements omitted -->
  <ExtendedOverrides Url="http://contoso.com/addinmetadata/extended-manifest-overrides.json"
                     ResourceUrl="https://contoso.com/addin/my-resources.json">
  </ExtendedOverrides>
</OfficeApp>

In the future, this value could be a URL template that uses tokens defined by the Tokens element. The following is an example.

<OfficeApp ...>
  <!-- other elements omitted -->
  <ExtendedOverrides Url="http://contoso.com/addinmetadata/${token.locale}/extended-manifest-overrides.json">
    <Tokens>
      <Token Name="locale" DefaultValue="en-us" xsi:type="LocaleToken">
        <Override Locale="es-*" Value="es-es" />
        <Override Locale="es-mx" Value="es-mx" />
        <Override Locale="fr-*" Value="fr-fr" />
        <Override Locale="ja-jp" Value="ja-jp" />
      </Token>
    <Tokens>
  </ExtendedOverrides>
</OfficeApp>