.xml (VSIX Deployment)
Contains information about the kinds of content in a VSIX package. Extension Manager uses the [Content_Types].xml file to install the package, but it does not install the file itself.
Note
Although this topic applies only to [Content_Type].xml files that are used in VSIX packages, the [Content_Types].xml file type is part of the Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) standard. For more information, see OPC: A New Standard For Packaging Your Data on the MSDN Web site.
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe the root element and its attributes and child elements.
Root Element
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Types |
Contains child elements that enumerate the file types in the VSIX package. |
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
Xmlns |
(Required.) The location of the schema used for this [Content_Types].xml file. |
{Attribute name} Attribute
Value |
Description |
|---|---|
http://schemas.openformats.org/package/2006/content-types |
The location of the content types schema. |
Child Elements
The Types element can contain any number of Default elements.
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Default |
Describes a content type in the VSIX package. Every file type in the package must have its own Default element. |
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
Extension |
The file name extension of a file in the VSIX package. |
ContentType |
Describes the kind of content that is associated with the file name extension. |
{Attribute name} Attribute
Visual Studio recognizes the following ContentType values for the associated Extension types.
Extension |
ContentType |
|---|---|
txt |
text/plain |
pkgdef |
text/plain |
xml |
text/xml |
vsixmanifest |
text/xml |
htm or html |
text/html |
rtf |
application/rtf |
application/pdf |
|
gif |
image/gif |
jpg or jpeg |
image/jpg |
tiff |
image/tiff |
vsix |
application/zip |
zip |
application/zip |
dll |
application/octet-stream |
all other file types |
application/octet-stream |
Example
Description
The following [Content_Types].xml file describes a typical VSIX package.
Code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Types xmlns="https://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types">
<Default Extension="vsixmanifest" ContentType="text/xml" />
<Default Extension="dll" ContentType="application/octet-stream" />
<Default Extension="png" ContentType="application/octet-stream" />
<Default Extension="txt" ContentType="text/plain" />
<Default Extension="pkgdef" ContentType="text/plain" />
</Types>