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WizardExtension Element (Visual Studio Templates)

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Contains the registration elements for customizing the template wizard.

<VSTemplate>
   ...
     <WizardExtension>

<WizardExtension>
    <Assembly>... </Assembly>
    <FullClassName>... </FullClassName>
</WizardExtension>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attribute, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element

Description

Assembly

Required element.

Specifies the name or strong name of an assembly that appears in the global assembly cache. There must be at least one Assembly element in a WizardExtension element.

FullClassName

Required element.

The fully qualified name of the class that implements the IWizard interface. There must be at least one FullClassName element in a WizardExtension element.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

VSTemplate

Contains all the metadata for the project template, item template, or starter kit.

Remarks

WizardExtension is an optional child element of VSTemplate.

Example

The following example illustrates the metadata for the standard project template for a Visual C# Windows application.

<VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" Type="Item"
    xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
    <TemplateData>
        <Name>MyTemplate</Name>
        <Description>Template using IWizard extension</Description>
        <Icon>TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
        <ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
    </TemplateData>
    <TemplateContent>
        <Project File="MyTemplate.csproj">
            <ProjectItem>Form1.cs<ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Form1.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Program.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.resx</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.settings</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
        </Project>
    </TemplateContent>
    <WizardExtension>
        <Assembly>MyWizard, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null</Assembly>
        <FullClassName>MyWizard.CustomWizard</FullClassName>
    </WizardExtension>
</VSTemplate>

See Also

Tasks

How to: Use Wizards with Project Templates

Reference

Visual Studio Template Schema Reference

Concepts

Introduction to Visual Studio Templates