IDSymbol Element

The IDSymbol element contains the ID of the GUID:ID pair that represents a menu, group, or command. The GUID comes from the parent GuidSymbol element. The IDSymbol element has a name attribute that provides a friendly name for the ID, which is contained in the value attribute.

<IDSymbol name=ElementName value="0x0010" />

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
name	Required. Name of the ID symbol.
value	Required. Numeric ID value of the ID symbol.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
GuidSymbol Element	Contains the GUID of the GUID:ID pair that represents a menu, group, or command. Groups IDSymbol elements.

Remarks

Every IDSymbol element in a given GuidSymbol element must have a unique value. However, IDSymbol elements that have identical values can exist in a package as long as they have different parents.

See Also

Other Resources

Visual Studio Command Table (.Vsct) Files