Arguments Element for ContentFormatter (ADF)

Provides a location for specifying the initialization arguments for a content formatter.

Syntax

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

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type	None.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Optional once per ContentFormatter element.
Updates	Can be added and deleted when updating the application.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	ContentFormatter Element (ADF)
Child elements	Argument Element for ContentFormatter/Arguments (ADF)

Remarks

The distributor passes these arguments to the content formatter's Initialize() method.

Example

The following example shows an Arguments element. Its child elements provide initialization values for an XSLT content formatter.

<Arguments>
    <Argument>
        <Name>XsltBaseDirectory</Name>
        <Value>C:\TransformDirectory</Value>
    <Argument>
    <Argument>
        <Name>XsltFileName</Name>
        <Value>StockTransform.xsl</Value>
<Argument>
    <Argument>
        <Name>DisableEscaping</Name>
        <Value>true</Value>
    <Argument>
</Arguments>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Other Resources

Configuring Content Formatters
Updating Instances and Applications

Help and Information

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