GenerateOfficeAddInManifest Class

Defines an MSBuild task that generates the section of an application manifest that describes an Office add-in. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks.BuildTask
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks.GenerateOfficeAddInManifest

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name := "FullTrust")> _
Public NotInheritable Class GenerateOfficeAddInManifest _
    Inherits BuildTask
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public sealed class GenerateOfficeAddInManifest : BuildTask

The GenerateOfficeAddInManifest type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method GenerateOfficeAddInManifest Initializes a new instance of the GenerateOfficeAddInManifest class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property BuildEngine Gets or sets the instance of the IBuildEngine object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property BuildEngine2 Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine2 object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property BuildEngine3 Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine3 object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property Description Gets or sets the project description.
Public property FormRegionNamesAndMessageClasses Gets or sets information about the form regions in the customization assembly.
Public property FriendlyName Gets or sets the alternative name of the project.
Protected property HelpKeywordPrefix Gets or sets the prefix used to compose Help keywords from resource names. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property HostObject Gets or sets the host object associated with the task. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property KeyName Gets or sets the name of the registry key, which is the default add-in name.
Public property LoadBehavior Gets or sets the load behavior.
Public property Log Gets an instance of a TaskLoggingHelper class containing task logging methods. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property OfficeApplication Gets or sets the name of the Microsoft Office application that is running the current add-in.
Public property OutputManifest Gets the section of an application manifest that describes an Office add-in.
Protected property TaskResources Gets or sets the culture-specific resources associated with the task. (Inherited from Task.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Execute Generates the section of an application manifest that describes an Office add-in. (Overrides Task.Execute().)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Set all the GenerateOfficeAddInManifest properties and then call Execute to run this task.

The Microsoft Build Engine uses Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks to build and deploy Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions. However, you can create your own build system by using these classes and the MSBuild XML-based project files. For more information, see MSBuild Reference

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks Namespace