<application> Element (Office Development in Visual Studio)

 

The application element of the vstav3 namespace wraps the description of Office solutions. The child elements are different for document-level customizations and VSTO Add-ins.

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<application>  
  <customization  
    id  
    <document  
      solutionId  
    />  
  </customization>  
</application>
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<application>  
  <customization  
    id  
    <appAddin  
      application  
      loadBehavior  
      keyName>  
    <friendlyName></friendlyName>  
    <description></description>  
    <formRegions></formRegions>  
  </customization>  
</application>

The application element of the vstav3 namespace is the node that wraps all the customization-specific information that is contained in the vstov4 namespace.

The application element has no attributes.

The application element has the following element.

customization

The role of the customization element in the vstov3 namespace is defined in <customization> Element (Office Development in Visual Studio).

Description

The following code example illustrates an application element in a document-level Office solution deployed using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application Manifests for Office Solutions.

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<vstav3:application>  
  <vstov4:customizations   
    xmlns:vstov4="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vsto.v4">  
    <vstov4:customization>  
      <vstov4:document   
        solutionId="73e" />  
    </vstov4:customization>  
  </vstov4:customizations>  
</vstav3:application>

Description

The following code example illustrates an application element in an application-level Office solution deployed using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application Manifests for Office Solutions.

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<vstav3:application>  
  <vstov4:customizations   
    xmlns:vstov4="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vsto.v4">  
    <vstov4:customization>  
      <vstov4:appAddIn   
        application="Outlook"   
        loadBehavior="3"   
        keyName="ContosoOutlookAddIn">  
        <vstov4:friendlyName>  
          ContosoOutlookAddIn  
        </vstov4:friendlyName>  
        <vstov4:description>  
          ContosoOutlookAddIn - Outlook VSTO Add-in   
          created with Visual Studio Tools for Office  
        </vstov4:description>  
        <vstov4:formRegions>  
          <vstov4:formRegion  
              name="OutlookAddIn1.FormRegion1">  
            <vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Note" />  
            <vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Contact" />  
            <vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Appointment" />  
          </vstov4:formRegion>  
        </vstov4:formRegions>  
      </vstov4:appAddIn>  
    </vstov4:customization>  
  </vstov4:customizations>  
</vstav3:application>

Application Manifests for Office Solutions
Deployment Manifests for Office Solutions
ClickOnce Application Manifest

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