<dependency> Element (Visual Studio Tools for Office Reference)
Note |
Applies to |
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The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office. For more information, see Features Available by Product Combination. |
Project type
Microsoft Office version
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Identifies an assembly dependency that is required for the Visual Studio Tools for Office solution.
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
name
version
publicKeyToken
language
/>
</dependentAssembly>
<installFrom
codebase
/>
</dependency>
Elements and Attributes
The dependency element is required. It has the following attribute.
Attribute |
Description |
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Name |
Required. Identifies the name of the application. |
The dependency element has the following child elements.
dependentAssembly
Required. Contains the assemblyIdentity element. The assemblyIdentity element is described in the topic <assemblyIdentity> Element (Visual Studio Tools for Office Reference).
The dependentAssembly element has no attributes.
installFrom
Required. This element has the codebase attribute. The installFrom element has no child elements.
Remarks
All assemblies used by your application must have a corresponding dependency element. Dependent assemblies do not include assemblies that are preinstalled in the global assembly cache.
Application and deployment manifests in Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions are not signed, as ClickOnce manifests are. The manifests cannot be validated before they are used.
Some of the fields in application and deployment manifests that are generated by the publish tools are not used in Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions, including some fields that identify properties of the assembly such as size and version.
Example
The following code example illustrates a dependency element in a Visual Studio Tools for Office application manifest. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the Application Manifests for Office Solutions (2003 System) topic.
<dependency asmv2:name="Project1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Project1"
version="1.0.1.1"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<asmv2:installFrom codebase=
"http://deployweb/project1/project1_1.0.1.1/project1.dll"/>
</dependency>