<customizations> element (Office development in Visual Studio)
Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac
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The customizations
element of the vstov4
namespace contains all the information about installing and loading each Office solution.
Syntax for document-level customizations
<customizations>
<customization
id
<document
solutionId
/>
</customization>
</customizations>
Syntax for VSTO Add-ins
<customizations>
<customization
id
<appAddin
application
loadBehavior
keyName>
<friendlyName></friendlyName>
<description></description>
<formRegions></formRegions>
</customization>
</customizations>
Elements and attributes
The customizations
element contains specific information about each Office solution. This element must be in the following namespace: vstov4=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vsto.v4
. Child elements of the assembly must also be in this namespace.
The customizations
element has no attributes.
The customizations
element has the following child element.
Customization
Required. The customization
element in the vstov4
namespace is defined in <customization> element (Office development in Visual Studio).
Example of a document-level customization
Description
The following code example illustrates the customizations
element for a document-level customization.
Note
This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.
Code
<vstov4:customizations
xmlns:vstov4="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vsto.v4">
<vstov4:customization>
<vstov4:document
solutionId="73e" />
</vstov4:customization>
</vstov4:customizations>
Example of a VSTO Add-in
Description
The following code example illustrates the customizations
element for a VSTO Add-in. This is an Outlook VSTO Add-in that includes form regions. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.
Code
<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>