# ClientParameterBindings element

Contains parameters that provide a way for the client processing the UDC to perform text replacement anywhere within the ConnectionInfo section.

## Usage

    <ClientParameterBindings
    	Name="xsd:string"
    	Location="xsd:string"
    	Item="xsd:string"
    	DefaultValue="xsd:string"
    	Type="xsd:string"
    	DefaultValue="xsd:string"
    	Resource="xsd:string"
    />

## Element Information

Element type | Anonymous
Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc
Schema name | Universal Data Connection

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
ConnectionInfo | Contains information specific to a particular type of data connection.

### Child Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
ClientParameterBinding | Does not apply to Excel data connections.
CredentialBinding | Contains information necessary to prompt the user for credentials and resolve any associated CredentialValue elements in the ConnectionInfo section.
Credential | Contains the details of a particular set of credentials.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Name | xsd:string | required | Does not apply to Excel data connections. | See external namespace.
Location | xsd:string | optional | Does not apply to Excel data connections. | See external namespace.
Item | xsd:string | optional | Does not apply to Excel data connections. | See external namespace.
DefaultValue | xsd:string | optional | Does not apply to Excel data connections. | See external namespace.
Type | xsd:string | optional | Specifies the type for a particular set of credentials. This attribute and the Resource attribute are used to match a CredentialBinding element with a CredentialValue element. | See external namespace.
DefaultValue | xsd:string | optional | Does not apply to Excel data connections. | See external namespace.
Resource | xsd:string | required | Specifies a string that represents the resource to be used with a particular set of credentials. This attribute and the Type attribute are used to match a CredentialBinding element with a CredentialValue element. | See external namespace.

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="ClientParameterBindings" minOccurs="0" >
      <xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:sequence>
          <xsd:element name="ClientParameterBinding" minOccurs="0">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:attribute name="Name" type="xsd:string" use="required">
              </xsd:attribute>
              <xsd:attribute name="Location" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
              </xsd:attribute>
              <xsd:attribute name="Item" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
              </xsd:attribute>
              <xsd:attribute name="DefaultValue" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
              </xsd:attribute>
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
          <xsd:element name="CredentialBinding" minOccurs="0">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="Credential" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                  <xsd:complexType>
                    <xsd:attribute name="Type" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
                    </xsd:attribute>
                    <xsd:attribute name="DefaultValue" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
                    </xsd:attribute>
                  </xsd:complexType>
                </xsd:element>
              </xsd:sequence>
              <xsd:attribute name="Resource" type="xsd:string" use="required">
              </xsd:attribute>
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
        </xsd:sequence>
      </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:element>

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