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<entryPoints> element (Office development in Visual Studio)

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The entryPoints element of the vstav3 namespace contains all the entryPoint elements associated with an Office solution.

Syntax

<entryPoints>
    <entryPoint>
    </entryPoint>
    <entryPoint>
    </entryPoint>
    <entryPoint>
    </entryPoint>
</entryPoints>

Elements and attributes

The entryPoints element is required and is in the vstav3 namespace. There is one entryPoints element defined in an application manifest for each Office solution. For example, if you deploy three Office solutions in a multi-project deployment, there are three entryPoints elements in the application manifest.

The entryPoints element has the following attribute.

Attribute Description
id Required for multi-project deployment. The name of the Office solution. The id cannot contain the equal (=) symbol.

entryPoints has the following elements.

entryPoint

Required. The role of the entryPoint element in the vstav3 namespace is defined in <entryPoint> element (Office development in Visual Studio).

Document-level customization example

Description

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

Code

<vstav3:entryPoints>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.ThisWorkbook">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet1">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet2">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet3">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>

VSTO Add-in example

Description

The following code example illustrates an entryPoints element in an application manifest for 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

<vstav3:entryPoints>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoOutlookAddIn.ThisAddIn">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoOutlookAddIn"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>

Multi-project deployment example

Description

The following code example illustrates the entryPoints element in an application manifest for a multi-project deployment. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.

Code

<vstav3:entryPoints
  id="ContosoExcel">
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.ThisWorkbook">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet1">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet2">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet3">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>
<vstav3:entryPoints
  id="ContosoOutlook">
  <vstav3:entryPoint
    class="ContosoOutlookAddIn.ThisAddIn">
    <assemblyIdentity
      name="ContosoOutlookAddIn"
      version="1.0.0.0"
      language="neutral"
      processorArchitecture="msil" />
  </vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>

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