Files element

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

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Specifies the files to deploy with the SharePoint project item, such as Feature element files and the output of dependent non-SharePoint projects.

Syntax

<Files>
  <ProjectItemFile.../>
  <ProjectOutputFile.../>
</Files>

Type

FileCollectionType

Attributes and elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child elements

Element	Description
ProjectItemFile	Optional ProjectItemFileType element. Represents a SharePoint file, such as Feature element file, to include with the project item when it is deployed to SharePoint.
ProjectOutputFile	Optional ProjectOutputFileType element. Represents the output of a project to include with the project item when it is deployed to SharePoint.

Parent elements

Element	Description
ProjectItem	Represents a SharePoint project item. This element the required root element of the .spdata file.

Element information

Property	Value
Namespace	http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/ 2010/SharePointTools/SharePointProjectItemModel
Schema name	SharePoint Project Item Schema
Validation file	ProjectItemModelSchema.xsd
Can be empty	No

See also

• SharePoint project item schema reference