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title WizardExtension Element (Visual Studio Templates)
description Learn about the WizardExtension element and how it contains the registration elements for customizing the template wizard.
ms.date 11/04/2016
ms.subservice general-ide
ms.topic reference
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WizardExtension element [Visual Studio Templates]
<WizardExtension> element [Visual Studio Templates]
author tinaschrepfer
ms.author tinali

WizardExtension Element (Visual Studio Templates)

Contains the registration elements for customizing the template wizard.

<VSTemplate> ... <WizardExtension>

Syntax

<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="http://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