History Element (ICF)

Contains elements that provide historical information about the instance configuration file (ICF).

Syntax

<NotificationServicesInstance>
    ...
    <History>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type	None.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Optional once per NotificationServicesInstance element.
Updates	Can be added or deleted, and then applied when updating the instance.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	NotificationServicesInstance Element (ICF)
Child elements	CreationDate Element (ICF) CreationTime Element (ICF) LastModifiedDate Element (ICF) LastModifiedTime Element (ICF)

Remarks

The History element is intended to help developers or administrators keep track of the changes to the ICF, but the use of this section is up to the file owner.

The History element is not used by or validated by Notification Services. If you do not use the history information, omit the entire section from the configuration file or use empty tags for child elements.

Example

This example shows a complete History element.

<History>
    <CreationDate>2002-01-21</CreationDate>
    <CreationTime>10:30:00</CreationTime>
    <LastModifiedDate>2002-04-28</LastModifiedDate>
    <LastModifiedTime>18:30:00</LastModifiedTime>
</History>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Concepts

Instance Configuration File Reference

Other Resources

Updating Instances and Applications

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance