Argument Element for ContentFormatter/Arguments (ADF)

Provides a location to define a single initialization argument for a content formatter.

Syntax

<NotificationClasses>
    <NotificationClass>
        ...
        <ContentFormatter>
            ...
            <Arguments>
                <Argument>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Data type

None.

Default value

None.

Occurrence

Required one or more times per Arguments element.

Updates

Can be added and deleted when updating the application.

Remarks

The distributor passes the argument name and value to the content formatter's Initialize() method.

Element Relationships

Relationship Elements

Parent element

Arguments Element for ContentFormatter (ADF)

Child elements

Name Element for ContentFormatter/Arguments/Argument (ADF)

Value Element for ContentFormatter/Arguments/Argument (ADF)

Example

The following example shows an Argument element. Its child elements set the value for the XsltFileName argument used by the standard XSLT content formatter.

<Argument>
    <Name>XsltFileName</Name>
    <Value>StockTransform.xsl</Value>
</Argument>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Other Resources

Configuring Content Formatters
Updating Instances and Applications

Help and Information

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