<application> element (Office development in Visual Studio)
Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac
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The application
element of the vstav3
namespace wraps the description of Office solutions. The child elements are different for document-level customizations and VSTO Add-ins.
Syntax for document-level customizations
<application>
<customization
id
<document
solutionId
/>
</customization>
</application>
Syntax for application-level add-ins
<application>
<customization
id
<appAddin
application
loadBehavior
keyName>
<friendlyName></friendlyName>
<description></description>
<formRegions></formRegions>
</customization>
</application>
Elements and attributes
The application
element of the vstav3
namespace is the node that wraps all the customization-specific information that is contained in the vstov4
namespace.
The application
element has no attributes.
The application
element has the following element.
Customization
The role of the customization
element in the vstov3
namespace is defined in <customization> Element (Office Development in Visual Studio).
Document-level customization example
Description
The following code example illustrates an application
element in a document-level Office solution deployed using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application Manifests for Office Solutions.
Code
<vstav3:application>
<vstov4:customizations
xmlns:vstov4="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vsto.v4">
<vstov4:customization>
<vstov4:document
solutionId="73e" />
</vstov4:customization>
</vstov4:customizations>
</vstav3:application>
VSTO Add-in example
Description
The following code example illustrates an application
element in an application-level Office solution deployed using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application Manifests for Office Solutions.
Code
<vstav3:application>
<vstov4:customizations
xmlns:vstov4="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vsto.v4">
<vstov4:customization>
<vstov4:appAddIn
application="Outlook"
loadBehavior="3"
keyName="ContosoOutlookAddIn">
<vstov4:friendlyName>
ContosoOutlookAddIn
</vstov4:friendlyName>
<vstov4:description>
ContosoOutlookAddIn - Outlook VSTO Add-in
created with Visual Studio Tools for Office
</vstov4:description>
<vstov4:formRegions>
<vstov4:formRegion
name="OutlookAddIn1.FormRegion1">
<vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Note" />
<vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Contact" />
<vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Appointment" />
</vstov4:formRegion>
</vstov4:formRegions>
</vstov4:appAddIn>
</vstov4:customization>
</vstov4:customizations>
</vstav3:application>