FileName Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)

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03/28/2013

Specifies the name of a file that is part of the component.

<FileName>   </FileName>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Content	Groups content in a .vscontent file.

Remarks

FileName is a required element.

Example

The following example shows the metadata for an add-in community content component.

<VSContent xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vscontent/2005"> 
    <Content>
        <FileName>MyAddin.Addin</FileName>
        <FileName>MyAddin.dll</FileName>
        <DisplayName>Example Add-in</DisplayName>
        <Description>An add-in created for this example.</Description>
        <FileContentType>Addin</FileContentType>
        <ContentVersion>2.0</ContentVersion>
    </Content>
</VSContent>

A component can consist of more than one file. Each component file must be identified in the .vscontent file by using the FileName element.