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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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