DEPENDENCY element

Specifies an additional distribution unit that must be present for the software distribution SOFTPKG to function correctly.

Usage

<DEPENDENCY
  ACTION = "sAction">
  child elements
</DEPENDENCY>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
ACTION	sAction	No	String value representing an action to take if the required distribution unit is not present on the user's computer. Assert Default. When set to Assert, the SOFTPKG is ignored if the distribution unit is not already on the computer. Install When set to Install, the required files should be downloaded and installed so the software distribution can be processed without errors.

Attribute

Type

Required

Description

ACTION

sAction

String value representing an action to take if the required distribution unit is not present on the user's computer.

Assert: Default. When set to Assert, the SOFTPKG is ignored if the distribution unit is not already on the computer.
Install: When set to Install, the required files should be downloaded and installed so the software distribution can be processed without errors.

Child elements

Element
SOFTPKG

Child element sequence

SOFTPKG

Parent elements

Element
SOFTPKG

Examples

In this example, the parent SOFTPKG element requires the child SOFTPKG element.

XML


<SOFTPKG HREF="http://www.joyware.tld/rrrrr.cab"
    NAME="tld.joyware.www.rrrrr"
    VERSION="1,0,0,0">
    .
    .
    .
    <DEPENDENCY>
        <SOFTPKG HREF="http://www.joyware.tld/ee.cab"
            NAME="tld.joyware.www.ee"
            VERSION="1,0,0,0">
            .
            .
            .
        </SOFTPKG>
    </DEPENDENCY>
</SOFTPKG>

Element information

Minimum supported system	Windows XP
Can be empty	No