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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