Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks Namespace (2007 System)

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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 Overview and MSBuild Reference.

Classes

  Class Description
Public class BuildTask Provides the base class for MSBuild tasks that are used by Visual Studio Tools for Office to build projects. 
Public class CheckOffice2007Document Defines an MSBuild task that determines whether a customized document in the 2007 Microsoft Office system should be generated. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class CustomizeOffice2007Document Defines an MSBuild task that generates a customized document for a Visual Studio Tools for Office project for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class EmbedTypeLibrary Defines an MSBuild task that extracts a type library from a Visual Studio Tools for Office customization assembly into a DLL to enable interop with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Public class GenerateAndPersistAppInfoTask Defines an MSBuild task that adds a customization to a Microsoft Office 2003 document.
Public class GenerateOfficeAddInManifest Defines an MSBuild task that generates the Visual Studio Tools for Office section of an application manifest that describes an add-in. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class GenerateOfficeDocumentInstallationPath Defines an MSBuild task that returns a path to the installation folder to be written into a customized document. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class GenerateOfficeDocumentManifest Defines an MSBuild task that creates the Visual Studio Tools for Office sections of an application manifest for a document-level customization. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class IsInvalidDocumentTask Defines an MSBuild task that determines whether a customized Microsoft Office 2003 document should be updated. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class RegisterFormRegions Defines an MSBuild task that gathers form region information to register or unregister the form regions for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class SetInclusionListEntry SetInclusionListEntry creates or removes a user inclusion list entry at build time for application-level add-ins and document-level customizations in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class SetOffice2003AddInRegistration Defines an MSBuild task that creates or removes registry keys that are needed to run or uninstall a Visual Studio Tools for Office application-level add-in for Microsoft Office 2003. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class SetOffice2003SecurityPolicy Defines an MSBuild task that sets the Visual Studio Tools for Office security policy for Microsoft Office 2003 solutions. This class cannot be inherited.
Public class SetOffice2007AddInRegistration Defines an MSBuild task that creates or removes registry keys that are needed to run or uninstall an add-in for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. This class cannot be inherited.