Reference Element (IntelliSense Code Snippets)

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Reference Element (IntelliSense Code Snippets)

Specifies information about the assembly references required by the code snippet.

<Reference>
    <Assembly>... </Assembly>
    <Url>... </Url>
</Reference>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
Assembly	Required element. Contains the name of the assembly referenced by the code snippet. There must be exactly one Assembly element in a Reference element.
Url	Optional element. Contains a URL that provides more information about the referenced assembly. There may be zero or one Url elements in a Reference element.

Element

Description

Assembly

Required element.

Contains the name of the assembly referenced by the code snippet. There must be exactly one Assembly element in a Reference element.

Url

Optional element.

Contains a URL that provides more information about the referenced assembly. There may be zero or one Url elements in a Reference element.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
References	Grouping element for Reference elements.

Remarks

The Reference element is only supported for Visual Basic projects.

Example

The Reference element in the following code snippet shows that the code snippet requires an assembly reference to System.Data.dll.

<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
    <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
        <Header>
            <!-- Insert Header information here. -->
        </Header>
        <Snippet>
            <References>
                <Reference>
                    <Assembly>System.Data.dll</Assembly>
                    <Url>www.microsoft.com</Url>
                </Reference>
            </References>
            <Declarations>
                <!-- Insert literal and object declarations here -->
            </Declarations>
            <Code Language="VB">
                <!-- Insert code here. -->
            </Code>
        </Snippet>
    </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

Concepts

Code Snippets Schema Reference