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uap5:DriverConstraint

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Specifies the details of a driver paired with a UWP app.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Dependencies>

         <uap5:DriverDependency>

              <uap5:DriverConstraint>

Syntax

<uap5:DriverConstraint
    Name = 'A string with a value between 1 and 32767 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end.' 
    MinVersion = 'A version string in quad notation ("Major.Minor.Build.Revision"), where "Major" cannot be 0.'
    MinDate = 'A date value in the form: "YYYY-MM-DD".' />

Attributes and elements

Attributes

Attribute Description Data type Required Default value
Name The name of the driver in the form: <Provider>-<Filename>.INF. Use Family ID from InfVerif.exe /info. A string with a value between 1 and 32767 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end. Yes
MinVersion The version of the driver package. A version string in quad notation (Major.Minor.Build.Revision), where Major cannot be 0. No
MinDate The date of the driver package. A date value in the form: YYYY-MM-DD. No

Child elements

None

Parent elements

Parent element Description
uap5:DriverDependency Contains the driver constraint information for a UWP app. If DriverDependency is used, the specified driver must be present for the app to load.

Examples

See Pairing a driver with a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app for more information.

This example shows multiple DriverDependency and DriverConstraint elements paired with a UWP app.

<Dependencies>
    <TargetDeviceFamily
        Name="Windows.Universal"
        MinVersion="10.0.0.0"
        MaxVersionTested="10.0.10586.0"/>
    <PackageDependency
        Name="Microsoft.VCLibs"
        Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"
        MinVersion="1.0.0.0"
        MaxMajorVersionTested="5"/>
        
    <uap5:DriverDependency>
        <uap5:DriverConstraint
            Name="Microsoft-HoloLens.INF"
            MinVersion="1.0.0.0"
            MinDate="2017-05-20"/>
        <uap5:DriverConstraint
            Name="Microsoft-HoloLensCamera.INF"
            MinVersion="1.0.0.0"
            MinDate="2017-05-10"/>
    </uap5:DriverDependency>
        
    <uap5:DriverDependency>
        <uap5:DriverConstraint
            Name="Acer-HMDDevice.INF"
            MinDate="2017-05-10"/>
    </uap5:DriverDependency>
</Dependencies>

Requirements

Item Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5
Minimum OS Version Windows 10 version 1709 (Build 16299)