AssemblyName Element for ContentFormatter (ADF)

Specifies the assembly that contains the custom content formatter class.

Syntax

<NotificationClasses>
    <NotificationClass>
        ...
        <ContentFormatter>
            ...
            <AssemblyName>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type	string, between 1 and 260 characters in length.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Required once per ContentFormatter element for a custom content formatter. Not used with SQL Server 2005 Notification Services standard components.
Updates	Can be modified, but not added to or deleted from a content formatter, when updating the application.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent Node	ContentFormatter Element (ADF)
Child elements	None.

Example

The following example shows the full path to the content formatter assembly.

<AssemblyName>C:\ProductionCode\ContentFormatter.dll</AssemblyName>

The following example shows a fully-qualified assembly name.

<AssemblyName>ContentFormatter, Version=1.0.1234.0, Culture=en-US, 
              PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089d</AssemblyName>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Other Resources

Configuring Content Formatters
Updating Instances and Applications

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance