assembly-element-clickonce-application.md

title	<assembly> Element (ClickOnce Application)
description	The assembly element is the root element and is required in ClickOnce Application. Its first contained element must be an assemblyIdentity element.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2#assembly
dev_langs	VB CSharp C++
helpviewer_keywords	<assembly> element [ClickOnce application manifest]
author	mikejo5000
ms.author	mikejo
ms.subservice	deployment

<assembly> Element (ClickOnce Application)

The top-level element for the application manifest.

Syntax

      <assembly
   manifestVersion
/>

Elements and attributes

The assembly element is the root element and is required. Its first contained element must be an assemblyIdentity element. The manifest elements must be in one of the following namespaces:

urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1

urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2

http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#

Child elements of the assembly must also be in these namespaces, by inheritance or by tagging.

The assembly element has the following attribute.

Attribute	Description
manifestVersion	Required. The manifestVersion attribute must be set to 1.0.

Example

The following code example illustrates an assembly element in an application manifest for a ClickOnce application. This code example is part of a larger example provided in ClickOnce application manifest.

<asmv1:assembly
  xsi:schemaLocation="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1 assembly.adaptive.xsd"
  manifestVersion="1.0"
  xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"
  xmlns:dsig=http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#
  xmlns:co.v2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:clickonce.v2"
  xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2"
  xmlns:asmv1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
  xmlns:asmv2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2"
  xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance
  xmlns:co.v1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:clickonce.v1">

See also

• ClickOnce application manifest
• <assembly> element