Deployment manifests for Office solutions

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

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A deployment manifest is an XML file that describes the deployment settings of an Office solution and identifies the current application version.

The Office development in Visual Studio uses the ClickOnce deployment manifest schema defined in the ClickOnce deployment manifest reference.

Remarks

The deployment manifest file for Office solutions, identifies the current version and other deployment settings. It references the application manifest, and describes the current version of the solution and all files within in the solution.

File name syntax

The name of a deployment manifest file must end with the .vsto extension. Although it is a standard ClickOnce deployment manifest, the extension differs to enable the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime to handle the file.

Example

The following code example illustrates a deployment manifest for a Visual Studio Tools for Office solution.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<asmv1:assembly
  xsi:schemaLocation=
    "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1 assembly.adaptive.xsd"
  manifestVersion="1.0"
  xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"
  xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
  xmlns:co.v1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:clickonce.v1"
  xmlns:co.v2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:clickonce.v2"
  xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2"
  xmlns:asmv1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
  xmlns:asmv2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2"
  xmlns:xrml="urn:mpeg:mpeg21:2003:01-REL-R-NS"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <assemblyIdentity
    name="ContosoOfficeSolutions.vsto"
    version="1.0.0.0"
    publicKeyToken="25d0f3ca94156f1f"
    language="neutral"
    processorArchitecture="msil"
    xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" />
  <description
    asmv2:publisher="Microsoft"
    asmv2:product="ContosoOfficeSolutions"
    xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" />
  <deployment install="false" mapFileExtensions="true" />
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly
      dependencyType="install"
      codebase="ContosoOfficeSolutions.dll.manifest"
      size="13545">
      <assemblyIdentity
        name="ContosoOfficeSolutions.dll"
        version="1.0.0.0"
        publicKeyToken="25d0f3ca94156f1f"
        language="neutral"
        processorArchitecture="msil"
        type="win32" />
      <hash>
        <dsig:Transforms>
          <dsig:Transform Algorithm=
            "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:HashTransforms.Identity" />
        </dsig:Transforms>
        <dsig:DigestMethod Algorithm=
          "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
        <dsig:DigestValue>PoY</dsig:DigestValue>
      </hash>
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
  <publisherIdentity name="name" issuerKeyHash="003" />
<Signature
  Id="StrongNameSignature"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
  <SignedInfo>
    <CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm=
      "http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" />
  <SignatureMethod Algorithm=
    "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1" />
    <Reference URI="">
      <Transforms>
        <Transform Algorithm=
          "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature" />
        <Transform Algorithm=
          "http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" />
      </Transforms>
      <DigestMethod Algorithm=
        "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
      <DigestValue>5oz</DigestValue>
    </Reference>
  </SignedInfo>
  <SignatureValue>nNG</SignatureValue>
  <KeyInfo Id="StrongNameKeyInfo">
    <KeyValue>
      <RSAKeyValue>
        <Modulus>ufI</Modulus>
        <Exponent>AQAB</Exponent>
      </RSAKeyValue>
    </KeyValue>
    <msrel:RelData
      xmlns:msrel=
        "http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/rel/2005/reldata">
      <r:license
        xmlns:r="urn:mpeg:mpeg21:2003:01-REL-R-NS"
        xmlns:as=
          "http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/pki/2005/Authenticode">
        <r:grant>
          <as:ManifestInformation
            Hash="099"
            Description=""
            Url="">
            <as:assemblyIdentity
              name="ContosoOfficeSolutions.vsto"
              version="1.0.0.0"
              publicKeyToken="25d0f3ca94156f1f"
              language="neutral"
              processorArchitecture="msil"
              xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" />
          </as:ManifestInformation>
          <as:SignedBy />
          <as:AuthenticodePublisher>
            <as:X509SubjectName>CN=DDNET\BAAdmin</as:X509SubjectName>
          </as:AuthenticodePublisher>
        </r:grant>
        <r:issuer>
          <Signature
            Id="AuthenticodeSignature"
            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
            <SignedInfo>
              <CanonicalizationMethod
                Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" />
              <SignatureMethod
                Algorithm=
                  "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1" />
              <Reference URI="">
                <Transforms>
                  <Transform Algorithm=
                    "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature" />
                  <Transform Algorithm=
                    "http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" />
                </Transforms>
                <DigestMethod
                  Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
                <DigestValue>iAd</DigestValue>
              </Reference>
            </SignedInfo>
            <SignatureValue>HL9</SignatureValue>
            <KeyInfo>
              <KeyValue>
                <RSAKeyValue>
                  <Modulus>ufI</Modulus>
                  <Exponent>AQAB</Exponent>
                </RSAKeyValue>
              </KeyValue>
              <X509Data>
                <X509Certificate>MII</X509Certificate>
              </X509Data>
            </KeyInfo>
          </Signature>
        </r:issuer>
      </r:license>
    </msrel:RelData>
  </KeyInfo>
</Signature>
</asmv1:assembly>

See also

• Application manifests for Office solutions