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Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog Databases
Managing Application Catalogs
Description File Properties
The description file, which is in XML format, contains tags for each extended attribute (up to a limit of 400
attributes). It supports text or file values. The following list explains each tag available in the description file.
Table 6-5 • Description File Tags
Attribute
UniqueIdentifier
Name
Type
DefaultValue
DefaultFileExtension
FileFilter
Caption
Values
HelpText
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Description
This value, which Application Manager uses to validate that the XML file is for
extended attributes, must be set to ISASEA40.
The name of the attribute as it appears in the Extended Attributes view. This cannot
exceed 255 characters.
The extended attribute type. This can be Text, File, or Selection. If no type is
specified, then Application Manager defaults the attribute to text.
This tag, available only for Text types, provides the default value for the attribute.
This optional value cannot exceed 512 characters.
This tag, available only for File types, provides the default file extension when you
browse for the file. Examples of this could be *.txt, *.bmp, *.doc, or *.*
(representing all files).
Provide the file types to populate the File type filter in the Browse dialog box. These
must be in pairs, and in the format Longname (*.ext)|*.ext. Before the closing </
FileFilter> tag, you must have two pipe symbols (||).
For example, to include filters for text files, bitmaps, and all files, use the following
line:
<FileFilter>Text Document (*.txt)|*.txt|Bitmap (*.bmp)|*.bmp|All Files
(*.*)|*.*||</FileFilter>
This value cannot exceed 255 characters.
The caption for the Browse dialog box when using File types. This cannot exceed
255 characters.
Used only for Selection types, this is a semicolon-delimited list of possible values
for the selection. These will appear in a drop-down list for the extended attribute.
The first value is used as the default. The total number of characters of all the
values and necessary semicolons cannot exceed 255 characters.
Text that appears below the value field for either Text or Selection attributes. You
can use it to provide additional information to help users know what to input. This
cannot exceed 512 characters.
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