<deployment> Element (Visual Studio Tools for Office Deployment Reference)
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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 Application and Project Type. |
Project type
Microsoft Office version
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Identifies the attributes used for the deployment of updates and exposure to the system in Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions.
<deployment
install
/>
Elements and Attributes
The deployment element is required and is in the asmv2 namespace. It has the following attributes.
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Description |
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install |
Required. Specifies whether this application defines a presence on the Windows Start Menu and in the Add and Remove Programs list. Valid values are true and false. If false, Visual Studio Tools for Office will always run the latest version of this application from the network. |
The deployment element contains no child elements.
Remarks
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.
Examples
The following code example illustrates a deployment element in a Visual Studio Tools for Office deployment manifest. The code example is part of a larger example provided for the Deployment Manifests for Office Solutions (2003 System) topic.
<deployment install="false" />