How do I insert new-line character into Addin Extension Description?

Question

Apparently the text box in Esri's Extension manager doesn't wrap text (10.0 SP2).

As a workaround, I'm trying to insert newline characters into the xml file, but haven't found anything that works.

Here's the xml:

<Extensions>
  <Extension id="AmberGIS_ExtensionMgrAddin_ExtMgrExtension" class="ExtMgrExtension" productName="Extension State Manager" showInExtensionDialog="true" autoLoad="true">
    <Description>Lets you specify extensions that will be \n turned off automatically when document closes.</Description>
  </Extension>
</Extensions>

Does anyone know how to put a newline character into the add-in xml config file?

Answer 1

I should have searched SO first, I would have found this answer.

This seems to work:

<Extensions>
  <Extension id="AmberGIS_ExtensionMgrAddin_ExtMgrExtension" class="ExtMgrExtension" productName="Extension State Manager" showInExtensionDialog="true" autoLoad="true">
    <Description>Lets you specify extensions that will be &#13;&#10; turned off automatically when document closes.</Description>
  </Extension>
</Extensions>

Answer 2

The extension description can also be set as a public property and coded directly using:

ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IExtensionConfig.Description

I've found this useful for linking the description to ongoing updates (e.g. new versions) so that I don't have to go back and edit it each time.

EDIT: Note - this will not work for the new add-ins, which must be edited within the XML metadata.