ContentVersion Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)

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03/28/2013

Specifies which versions of Visual Studio the component supports.

<ContentVersion> 1.0/2.0 </ContentVersion>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Content	Groups content in a .vscontent file.

Text Value

A text value is required.

This value specifies which version of Visual Studio a component is designed to work with.

1.0 Specifies that the component is compatible with Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010.
2.0 Specifies that the component is compatible with Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010, and Visual Studio 2012.

Remarks

For managed language add-ins, specifying <ContentVersion>1.0</ContentVersion> will not install the add-in for use in both Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 unless the Version element in the .addin file for the add-in specifies the value 8.0 and 9.0 or the value *. For more information, see Add-In Registration.

Example

The following example shows the metadata for a Windows community content component written in Visual Basic.

<VSContent xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vscontent/2005">
    <Content>
        <FileName>MyWindowsApplication.vbproj</FileName>
        <DisplayName>My Windows Project</DisplayName>
        <Description> A Windows project, written in Visual Basic, created for this example.</Description>
        <FileContentType>Windows Project</FileContentType>
        <ContentVersion>1.0</ContentVersion>
    </Content>
</VSContent>

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