ProjectExtensions Element (MSBuild)

Visual Studio 2015

For the latest documentation on Visual Studio 2017, see Visual Studio 2017 Documentation.

For the latest documentation on Visual Studio 2017, see ProjectExtensions Element (MSBuild) on docs.microsoft.com. Allows MSBuild project files to contain non-MSBuild information. Anything inside of a ProjectExtensions element will be ignored by MSBuild.

Syntax

<ProjectExtensions>  
    Non-MSBuild information to include in file.  
</ProjectExtensions>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None

Child Elements

None

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Project	Required root element of an MSBuild project file.

Remarks

Only one ProjectExtensions element may be used in an MSBuild project.

Example

The following code example shows information from the integrated development environment being stored in a ProjectExtensions element.

<ProjectExtensions>  
    <VSIDE>  
        <External>  
            <!--  
            Raw XML passed to the IDE by an external source  
            -->  
        </External>  
    </VSIDE>  
</ProjectExtensions>