define-element.md

title	Define Element
description	The Define element defines a symbol name and value pair. This symbol can be evaluated by conditional attributes.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
helpviewer_keywords	VSCT XML schema elements, Define Define element (VSCT XML schema)
author	tinaschrepfer
ms.author	tinali
ms.subservice	extensibility-integration

Define element

Defines a symbol name and value pair. This symbol can be evaluated by conditional attributes. For more information, see Conditional attributes. See also the Symbols element.

Syntax

<Define name="Mode" value="Standard" />

Attributes and elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
name	Required. The name of the symbol: name="Mode"
value	Required. The value of the symbol: value="Standard"
Condition	Optional. For more information, see Conditional attributes.

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Element	Description
CommandTable element	Defines all the elements that represent commands that a VSPackage provides to the integrated development environment (IDE). For example, menu items, menus, toolbars, and combo boxes.

Example

<Define name="DEMO_UI"/>
<Define name="MODE" value="Standard"/>

See also

• Visual Studio command table (.vsct) files