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<description> Element (Office Development in Visual Studio)

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The description element of the vstov4 namespace stores the description for the Office solution that appears in the COM add-ins dialog box of Microsoft Office applications.

<description>
</description>

Elements and Attributes

Optional. The description element is in the vstov4 namespace. It contains the description of the add-in that appears in the COM add-ins dialog box of Microsoft Office applications.

The description element has no attributes or elements.

Application-Level Add-in Example

Description

The following code example illustrates the description element for an application-level solution deployed by using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application Manifests for Office Solutions.

Code

          <vstov4:description>
            ContosoOutlookAddIn - Outlook add-in 
            created with Visual Studio Tools for Office
          </vstov4:description>

See Also

Reference

Application Manifests for Office Solutions

Deployment Manifests for Office Solutions

ClickOnce Application Manifest