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Settings 2.5 SetMetaData3

This topic describes the function which can be used to update the configuration/settings object

Parameters

NameTypeDirectionDescription
psAuthContextStringInOutDeprecated proprietary authentication context only used by .ASMX web services based on internal username/password authentication. Claims based security standards drive all the WCF .SVC web services making this parameter redundant.
psXMLMetaDataStringInMetadata XML structure with the metadata that will be set on the current object
psXMLRequiredCurrentMetaDataStringInMetadata XML structure with the metadata that object is required to have set currently. The update of the object is only carried out when the object in Content Manager has exactly the same metadata specification, i.e. the metadata was not changed by someone else.

Requirements are:
  • Only an 'Administrator' user can update the configuration/settings object.
Note that:
  • The level attribute on the ishfield element must be 'none'.