Setting Element

This topic specifies the patch and/or installer executable files the settings should be applied.

The following table provides a description of the attributes:

XML Attribute

Required

Description

fileNameFilter

True

Only apply the settings to files whose name matches this filter. Value is specified as a regular expression.

certificateDnsNameFilter

False

Only apply the settings to files whose signer name in the certificate matches this filter. Value is specified as a regular expression.

The Setting element can have the following child elements:

XML Element

Default Value

Required

Max. Occurrence

LogProcessOutput

true

false

2

Parameter

empty string

false

2

SuccessExitCodes

null

false

1

Arguments

null

false

1

The following sample configuration shows the attribute values with regular expressions that specify the following:

  • The file extension is .exe AND
  • The file is signed AND
  • The DnsName of the certificate used to sign the file is 'Aurea software' 
...   
<Setting fileNameFilter="\.exe$" certificateDnsNameFilter="^update software AG$">
    ...
</Setting>
...
The following sample configuration shows the attribute values that matches only files with the exe extension:
...   
<Setting fileNameFilter="\.exe$">
    ...
</Setting>
...