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Define element

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Defines a symbol name and value pair. This symbol can be evaluated by conditional attributes. For more information, see Conditional attributes. See also the Symbols element.

Syntax

<Define name="Mode" value="Standard" />

Attributes and elements

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

Attributes

Attribute Description
name Required. The name of the symbol:

name="Mode"
value Required. The value of the symbol:

value="Standard"
Condition Optional. For more information, see Conditional attributes.

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Element Description
CommandTable element Defines all the elements that represent commands that a VSPackage provides to the integrated development environment (IDE). For example, menu items, menus, toolbars, and combo boxes.

Example

<Define name="DEMO_UI"/>
<Define name="MODE" value="Standard"/>

See also