Attribute Element (Visual Studio Content Installer)

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11/16/2012

Specifies optional information about a component, such as programming language.

<Attribute>
    <Attributes name="nnnn" value="nnn">
</Attribute>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
name	Specifies more information about the location of project templates and starter kits, or the language of code snippets.
value	Specifies the project type and subtype for Visual Studio project templates and starter kits, or the programming language for code snippets.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Attributes	Specifies custom information about the component, which varies based on FileContentType.

Text Value

A text value is required.

name Attribute Values

Value	Description
ProjectType	Specifies programming language of the project.
ProjectSubType	Specifies the subcategory in the New Project dialog box where the component will appear.
TemplateType	Defines whether a component is a project or a project item.
Lang	Specifies the programming language of a code snippet.

value Attribute Values

Value	Description
Visual Basic	Specifies that the project or project item is for Visual Basic. Valid for name=ProjectType only.
Visual C#	Specifies that the project or project item is for Visual C#. Valid for name=ProjectType only.
Visual J#	Specifies that the project or project item is for Visual J#. Valid for name=ProjectType only. Note This value can only be used for Visual Studio 2005.
Visual Web Developer	Specifies that the project or project item is for Visual Web Developer. Valid for name=ProjectType only.
CSharp	Specifies that the custom project is to appear at the root of the Visual C# category in the New Project dialog box. Valid for name=ProjectSubType only.
Visual Basic	Specifies that the custom project is to appear at the root of the Visual Basic category in the New Project dialog box. Valid for name=ProjectSubType only.
JSharp	Specifies that the custom project is to appear at the root of the Visual J# category in the New Project dialog box. Valid for name=ProjectSubType only. Note This value can only be used for Visual Studio 2005.
Web	Specifies that the custom project is to appear at the root of the Visual Web Developer category in the New Project dialog box. Valid for name=ProjectSubType only.
Project	Specifies that the component is a project. Valid for name=TemplateType only.
Item	Specifies that the component is a project item. Valid for name=TemplateType only.
csharp	Specifies that the code snippet was written in the C# language. Valid for name=lang only.
jsharp	Specifies that the code snippet was written in the J# language. Valid for name=lang only. Note This value can only be used for Visual Studio 2005.
vb	Specifies that the code snippet was written in Visual Basic. Valid for name=lang only.
xml	Specifies that the code snipped was written in XML. Valid for name=lang only.

Remarks

Content with a FileContentType value of Addin, Macro Project, or Toolbox Control do not require any Attributes or Attribute elements.

Example

The following example shows the metadata for a project or starter kit community content component.

<VSContent xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vscontent/2005">
    <Content>
        <FileName>MyProjectTemplate.zip</FileName>
        <DisplayName>Sample Project Template</DisplayName>
        <Description>A project template created for this example.</Description>
        <FileContentType>VSTemplate</FileContentType>
        <ContentVersion>2.0</ContentVersion>
        <Attributes>
            <Attribute name="ProjectType" value="Visual Basic"/>
            <Attribute name="ProjectSubType" value=""/>
            <Attribute name="TemplateType" value="Project"/>
        </Attributes>
    </Content>
</VSContent>

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