include-element.md

title	Include Element
description	The Include element specifies a file that can be located on the supplied include path for insertion into the current file.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	Include
helpviewer_keywords	Include element (VSCT XML schema) VSCT XML schema elements, Include
author	tinaschrepfer
ms.author	tinali
ms.subservice	extensibility-integration

Include element

The Include element specifies a file that can be located on the supplied include path for insertion into the current file. All symbols and types defined will become part of the compiled result.

Syntax

<Include href="stdidcmd.h" />

Attributes and elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
href	Required. The path to the header file: href="stdidcmd.h"
Condition	Optional. See Conditional Attributes.

Child elements

Element	Description
None.	None.

Parent elements

Element	Description
CommandTable element	Defines all of the elements that represent commands — that is, menu items, menus, toolbars, and combo boxes — that a VSPackage provides to the IDE.

Example

<Include href="PackagePlacements.vsct"/>

See also

• Visual Studio command table (.vsct) files