<formRegion> element (Office development in Visual Studio)

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

The formRegion element of the vstov4 namespace identifies a Microsoft Office Outlook form region that is associated with a VSTO Add-in.

Syntax

<formRegion
  name>
  <messageClass
    name/>
</formRegion>

Elements and attributes

The formRegion element of the vstov4 namespace identifies a form region that is associated with an Outlook VSTO Add-in. It is required only for Outlook VSTO Add-ins that include form regions.

There can be multiple formRegion elements defined inside a formRegions element for a single VSTO Add-in.

The formRegion element has the following attribute.

The formRegion element has the following child elements.

messageClass

The messageClass element identifies the Outlook form that is associated with the form region.

The messageClass element has the following attribute.

Example

The following code example illustrates a formRegion element in an application manifest for an Outlook VSTO Add-in deployed using ClickOnce. There are three message classes associated with this one form region. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.

<vstov4:formRegion
    name="OutlookAddIn1.FormRegion1">
  <vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Note" />
  <vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Contact" />
  <vstov4:messageClass name="IPM.Appointment" />
</vstov4:formRegion>

See also

• Create Outlook form regions
• Application manifests for Office solutions
• Deployment manifests for Office solutions
• ClickOnce application manifest