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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>
<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 |
|---|---|
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. For more information on adding references to templates, see How to: Add References to Templates.
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>
See Also
Tasks
How to: Add References to Templates
Reference
Visual Studio Template Schema Reference