[Content_types].xml (VSIX Deployment)
Contains information about the kinds of content in a VSIX package. Extension Manager uses the [Content_Types].xml file to install the package, but it does not install the file itself.
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Although this topic applies only to [Content_Type].xml files that are used in VSIX packages, the [Content_Types].xml file type is part of the Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) standard. For more information, see OPC: A New Standard For Packaging Your Data on the MSDN Web site. |
The following sections describe the root element and its attributes and child elements.
Root Element
Element | Description |
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Types | Contains child elements that enumerate the file types in the VSIX package. |
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
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Xmlns | (Required.) The location of the schema used for this [Content_Types].xml file. |
{Attribute name} Attribute
Value | Description |
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http://schemas.openformats.org/package/2006/content-types | The location of the content types schema. |
Child Elements
The Types element can contain any number of Default elements.
Element | Description |
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Default | Describes a content type in the VSIX package. Every file type in the package must have its own Default element. |
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
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Extension | The file name extension of a file in the VSIX package. |
ContentType | Describes the kind of content that is associated with the file name extension. |
{Attribute name} Attribute
Visual Studio recognizes the following ContentType values for the associated Extension types.
Extension | ContentType |
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txt | text/plain |
pkgdef | text/plain |
xml | text/xml |
vsixmanifest | text/xml |
htm or html | text/html |
rtf | application/rtf |
application/pdf | |
gif | image/gif |
jpg or jpeg | image/jpg |
tiff | image/tiff |
vsix | application/zip |
zip | application/zip |
dll | application/octet-stream |
all other file types | application/octet-stream |
Description
The following [Content_Types].xml file describes a typical VSIX package.
Code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Types xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types">
<Default Extension="vsixmanifest" ContentType="text/xml" />
<Default Extension="dll" ContentType="application/octet-stream" />
<Default Extension="png" ContentType="application/octet-stream" />
<Default Extension="txt" ContentType="text/plain" />
<Default Extension="pkgdef" ContentType="text/plain" />
</Types>
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