Applies to:
Visual Studio
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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The entryPointsCollection element of the vstav3 namespace contains all the entryPoints elements associated with Office solutions.
Syntax
<entryPointsCollection>
<entryPoints>
<entryPoint>
</entryPoint>
<entryPoint>
</entryPoint>
<entryPoint>
</entryPoint>
</entryPoints>
</entryPointsCollection>
Elements and attributes
The entryPointsCollection element is required and is in the vstav3 namespace. Child elements must also be in this namespace. There is only one entryPointsCollection element defined in an application manifest.
The entryPointsCollection element has no attributes.
entryPointsCollection has the following elements.
entryPoints
Required. The role of the entryPoints element in the vstav3 namespace is defined in <entryPoints> element (Office development in Visual Studio).
Document-level customization example
Description
The following code example illustrates the entryPointsCollection element in an application manifest for a document-level solution deployed by using ClickOnce. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.
Code
<vstav3:entryPointsCollection>
<vstav3:entryPoints>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.ThisWorkbook">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet1">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet2">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet3">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>
</vstav3:entryPointsCollection>
VSTO Add-in example
Description
The following code example illustrates an entryPointsCollection element in an application manifest 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
<vstav3:entryPointsCollection>
<vstav3:entryPoints>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoOutlookAddIn.ThisAddIn">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoOutlookAddIn"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>
</vstav3:entryPointsCollection>
Multi-Project deployment example
Description
The following code example illustrates an entryPointsCollection element in an application manifest for multi-project deployment with two Office solutions. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Application manifests for Office solutions.
Code
<vstav3:entryPointsCollection>
<vstav3:entryPoints
id="ContosoExcel">
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.ThisWorkbook">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet1">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet2">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoExcelWorkbook.Sheet3">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoExcelWorkbook"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>
<vstav3:entryPoints
id="ContosoOutlook">
<vstav3:entryPoint
class="ContosoOutlookAddIn.ThisAddIn">
<assemblyIdentity
name="ContosoOutlookAddIn"
version="1.0.0.0"
language="neutral"
processorArchitecture="msil" />
</vstav3:entryPoint>
</vstav3:entryPoints>
</vstav3:entryPointsCollection>