Visual Studio Content Installer Schema Reference

To install the contents of a packaged component, the Visual Studio Content Installer requires a .vscontent file, which is an .xml file that describes the package contents. The .vscontent file must follow a schema that contains the elements described in the following table. The package that contains the .vscontent file and other items is a .vsi file, and is typically referred to as a community component. For more information about .vscontent and .vsi files, see How to: Package Community Components to Use the Visual Studio Content Installer.

.VSContent File Schema

The following table describes the available elements of the .vscontent file schema.

Element	Child Elements	Attributes
VSContent Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	Content	xmlns
Content Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	FileName DisplayName Description FileContentType ContentVersion Attributes	None
FileName Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	None	None
DisplayName Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	None	None
Description Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	None	None
FileContentType Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	None	None
ContentVersion Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	None	None
Attributes Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	Attribute	None
Attribute Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)	None	name value

See Also

Tasks

How to: Package Community Components to Use the Visual Studio Content Installer

Concepts

Community Component Essentials

Other Resources

Visual Studio XML Reference