SolutionDefinition Element (SolutionManifestDefinitions Schema)

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Specifies the root element of a Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) solution manifest file. A solution manifest file enables a solution developer to describe the user interface (UI), behavior, and business logic associated with a Microsoft Outlook Item Type such as Outlook Contact, Task, Post, or Calendar. For example, in the manifest file, a solution developer would be able to indicate that for an Outlook Item Type of Contact, a certain UI should be used (example, an Office External Part) and a specific method from the external system (for example, UpdateCustomerInstance(ID, NewInstanceValues)) should be called when the data in the item changes. There will always be at least one namespace declaration on the SolutionDefinition element, typically:

Namespace: https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/05/BusinessApplications/Manifest

Schema: SolutionManifestDefinitions

xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/05/BusinessApplications/Manifest"

This is necessary to identify the contents of the XML file as a Business Connectivity Services solution manifest file. The URI part must be written exactly as shown. You can also use a prefix such as <<solm>>, but if you do that, then you would have to name the elements <solm:SolutionDefinition> instead of <SolutionDefinition>.

<SolutionDefinition></SolutionDefinition>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
SolutionSettings Element in SolutionDefinition (SolutionManifestDefinitions Schema)	Defines the settings for this Business Connectivity Services solution such as the ID, display name, and description.
ContextDefinitionGroups Element in SolutionDefinition (SolutionManifestDefinitions Schema)	Defines the context definitions that are part of this solution, grouped by the Outlook Item Type to which they refer. The manifest file can contain a context definition group containing a list of context definitions for each one of the Outlook Item Types such as Contact, Task, Post, or Calendar, or EntityView if showing related external data in a task pane.

Parent Elements

None.