.xml (VSIX Deployment)

Contains information about the kinds of content in a VSIX package. Extension Manager uses the [Content_Types].xml file to install the package, but it does not install the file itself.

Notes

Although this topic applies only to [Content_Type].xml files that are used in VSIX packages, the [Content_Types].xml file type is part of the Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) standard. For more information, see OPC: A New Standard For Packaging Your Data on the MSDN Web site.

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe the root element and its attributes and child elements.

Root Element

Element	Description
Types	Contains child elements that enumerate the file types in the VSIX package.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
Xmlns	(Required.) The location of the schema used for this [Content_Types].xml file.

{Attribute name} Attribute

Value	Description
http://schemas.openformats.org/package/2006/content-types	The location of the content types schema.

Child Elements

The Types element can contain any number of Default elements.

Element	Description
Default	Describes a content type in the VSIX package. Every file type in the package must have its own Default element.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
Extension	The file name extension of a file in the VSIX package.
ContentType	Describes the kind of content that is associated with the file name extension.

{Attribute name} Attribute

Visual Studio recognizes the following ContentType values for the associated Extension types.

Extension	ContentType
txt	text/plain
pkgdef	text/plain
xml	text/xml
vsixmanifest	text/xml
htm or html	text/html
rtf	application/rtf
pdf	application/pdf
gif	image/gif
jpg or jpeg	image/jpg
tiff	image/tiff
vsix	application/zip
zip	application/zip
dll	application/octet-stream
all other file types	application/octet-stream

Example

Description

The following [Content_Types].xml file describes a typical VSIX package.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
<Types xmlns="https://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types">
    <Default Extension="vsixmanifest" ContentType="text/xml" /> 
    <Default Extension="dll" ContentType="application/octet-stream" /> 
    <Default Extension="png" ContentType="application/octet-stream" /> 
    <Default Extension="txt" ContentType="text/plain" /> 
    <Default Extension="pkgdef" ContentType="text/plain" /> 
</Types>

See Also

Other Resources

Anatomy of a VSIX Package

VSIX Extension Schema Reference

OPC: A New Standard For Packaging Your Data