Assembly element (Visual Studio templates)
Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac
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Specifies information about an assembly, which the template uses to add a reference of that assembly to projects.
<VSTemplate> <TemplateContent> <References> <Reference> <Assembly>
Syntax
<Assembly> AssemblyName </Assembly>
Attributes and elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child elements
None.
Parent elements
Element | Description |
---|---|
Reference | Specifies the assembly reference to add when the item is added to a project. |
Text value
A text value is required.
This text specifies the assembly to add to a project when the item template is instantiated. This assembly name must be specified in one of the following ways:
As a full assembly name. For example:
<Assembly> MyAssembly, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom = null. </Assembly>
As simple text reference. For example:
<Assembly> System </Assembly>
Remarks
Assembly
is a required child element of Reference
.
The Reference
, References,
and Assembly
elements can only be used in .vstemplate files that have a Type
attribute value of Item
.
Example
The following example illustrates the TemplateContent
element of an item template. This XML adds references to the System.dll and System.Data.dll assemblies.
<TemplateContent>
<References>
<Reference>
<Assembly>
System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
</Assembly>
</Reference>
<Reference>
<Assembly>
System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
</Assembly>
</Reference>
</References>
...
</TemplateContent>