<vstoRuntime> element (Office development in Visual Studio)

The vstoRuntime element of the vstav3 namespace contains a supported version of the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime for a specific Office solution.

Syntax

<vstoRuntime
    release
    version
    supportUrl />

Elements and attributes

The vstoRuntime element is required and is in the vstav3 namespace. If an Office solution supports two versions of the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime, there are two vstoRuntime elements in the application manifest.

The vstoRuntime element has the following attributes.

Attribute Description
release Required. The release version of the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime.
version Required. Version number of the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime.
supportUrl Optional. Link to the installation location of the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime.

vstoRuntime has no elements.

Example

The following code example illustrates the vstoRuntime element in an application manifest for an Office solution deployed by using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.

<vstav3:vstoRuntime
    release="VSTOR40Beta1"
    version="10.0.20303"
    supportUrl="http://www.microsoft.com" />

See also