Installation Element (VSX Schema)

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09/12/2011

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Defines how this package can be installed and the application SKUs that it can be installed into.

<InstallationTargets>
  <AllUsers>...</AllUsers >
  <InstalledByMSI >...</InstalledByMSI >
  <SystemComponent >...</SystemComponent >
  <Attributes>...</Attributes >
  <InstallationTarget>...</InstallationTarget >
</InstallationTargets >

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
AllUsers	Optional. If true, installs this extension for all users; otherwise, the installation is per-user. By default, the value is false.
InstalledByMSI	Optional. If true, this manifest was installed by MSI and the extension is managed through the add-and-remove-programs page in the Windows Control Panel. By default, the value is false.
SystemComponent	Optional. If true, this package is considered to be a system component. System components do not appear in Extension Manager and cannot be updated. By default, the value is false.

Child Elements

Element	Description
Attributes Element	Allows this element to have an open-ended set of attributes that are exposed at run time as a name-value pair dictionary.
InstallationTarget Element	Describes a SKU that this extension can be installed into. Every SKU must install a manifest file to advertise its availability to extensions.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
PackageManifest Element	Required. Provides the root element for a manifest that describes a Visual Studio extension deployment package.

Remarks

Any attributes that are not listed in this document are exposed to the VSIX Manifest API as a name-value pair dictionary.

Element Information

Namespace	https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vsx-schema/2011
Schema Name	VSIX Manifest
Validation File	PackageManifestSchema.xsd
Can be Empty	Yes