Custom XML Examples
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Vista
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In This Topic:
Example 1: Migrating an Unsupported Application
Example 2: Migrating the My Videos Folder
Example 3: Migrating Files and Registry Keys
Example 4: Migrating Specific Folders from Various Locations
Example 1: Migrating an Unsupported Application
The following is a template for the sections that you need to migrate your application. The template is not functional on its own, but you can use it to write your own .xml file.
<migration urlid="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/migtestapp">
<component type="Application">
<!-- Name of the application -->
<displayName>Some Application</displayName>
<!-- Specify whether the environment variables exist in the context of user or system or both -->
<environment context="System">
<!-- Create the environment variables -->
<variable name="myVar1">
<!-- Simple text value assignment to a variable -->
<text>value</text>
</variable>
<variable name="myAppExePath">
<!-- Make a call to in-built helper function to get a value from a reg key and assign that value to the variable -->
<script>MigXMLHelper.GetStringContent("Registry","HKLM\Software\MyApp\Installer [EXEPATH]")</script>
</variable>
</environment>
<role role="Settings">
<detects>
<!-- All of these checks must be true for the component to be detected -->
<detect>
<!-- Make a call to in-built helper function to check if an object exists or not -->
<condition>MigXMLHelper.DoesObjectExist("Registry","HKLM\Software\MyApp [win32_version]")</condition>
</detect>
<detect>
<!-- Either of these checks must be true for the component to be detected -->
<!-- Make a call to in-built helper function to check if a file version matches or not -->
<condition>MigXMLHelper.DoesFileVersionMatch("%MyAppExePath%","ProductVersion","8.*")</condition>
<condition>MigXMLHelper.DoesFileVersionMatch("%MyAppExePath%","ProductVersion","9.*")</condition>
</detect>
</detects>
<!-- Describe the rules that will be executed during migration of this component and the context, whether user, system or both -->
<rules context="User">
<!-- Delete objects specified in the object set on the destination computer before applying source objects -->
<destinationCleanup>
<!-- Describe the pattern for the list of objects to be deleted -->
<objectSet>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\MyApp\Toolbar\* [*]</pattern>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\MyApp\ListView\* [*]</pattern>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\MyApp [ShowTips]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</destinationCleanup>
<!-- Specify which set of objects should be migrated -->
<include>
<!-- Describe the pattern for the list of objects to be included -->
<objectSet>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\MyApp\Toolbar\* [*]</pattern>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\MyApp\ListView\* [*]</pattern>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\MyApp [ShowTips]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</include>
<!-- Specify which set of objects should not be migrated -->
<exclude>
<!-- Describe the pattern for the list of objects to be excluded from migration -->
<objectSet>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\MyApp [Display]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</exclude>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
</migration>
Example 2: Migrating the My Videos Folder
The following is a custom .xml file named CustomFile.xml that migrates My Videos for all users, if the folder exists on the source computer.
| Code | Behavior |
|---|---|
|
Verifies that My Videos exists on the source computer. |
|
Filters out the shortcuts in My Videos that do not resolve on the destination computer. This has no effect on files that are not shortcuts. For example, if there is a shortcut in My Videos on the source computer that points to C:\Folder1, that shortcut will be migrated only if C:\Folder1 exists on the destination computer. However, all other files, such as .mp3 files, migrate without any filtering. |
|
Migrates My Videos for all users. |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<migration urlid="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/CustomFile">
<component type="Documents" context="User">
<displayName>My Video</displayName>
<role role="Data">
<detects>
<detect>
<condition>MigXmlHelper.DoesObjectExist("File","%CSIDL_MYVIDEO%")</condition>
</detect>
</detects>
<rules>
<include filter='MigXmlHelper.IgnoreIrrelevantLinks()'>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="File">%CSIDL_MYVIDEO%\* [*]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</include>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
</migration>
Example 3: Migrating Files and Registry Keys
This table describes the behavior in the following example .xml file.
| Code | Behavior |
|---|---|
|
Migrates all instances of the file Usmttestfile.txt from all sub-directories under %ProgramFiles%\USMTTestFolder. |
|
Migrates the whole directory under %ProgramFiles%\USMTDIRTestFolder. |
|
Migrates all instances of MyKey under HKCU\Software\USMTTESTKEY. |
|
Migrates the entire registry hive under HKLM\Software\USMTTESTKEY. |
<migration urlid="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/testfilemig">
<component type="Application" context="System">
<displayName>File Migration Test</displayName>
<role role="Data">
<rules context="System">
<include>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles%\USMTTestFolder\* [USMTTestFile.txt]</pattern><pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles%\USMTDIRTestFolder\* [*]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</include>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
<component type="System">
<displayName>Registry Migration Test</displayName>
<role role="Settings">
<rules context="UserAndSystem">
<include>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Software\USMTTESTKEY\* [MyKey]</pattern>
<pattern type="Registry">HKLM\Software\USMTTESTKEY\* [*]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</include>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
</migration>
Example 4: Migrating Specific Folders from Various Locations
The behavior for this custom .xml file is described within the <displayName> tags in the code.
<migration urlid="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/test">
<component type="Documents" context="System">
<displayName>Component to migrate all Engineering Drafts subfolders without documents in this folder </displayName>
<role role="Data">
<rules>
<include>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="File"> C:\EngineeringDrafts\* [*]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</include>
<exclude>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="File"> C:\EngineeringDrafts\ [*]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</exclude>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
<component type="Documents" context="System">
<displayName>Component to migrate all user documents except Sample.doc</displayName>
<role role="Data">
<rules>
<include>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="File"> C:\UserDocuments\* [*]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</include>
<exclude>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="File"> C:\UserDocuments\ [Sample.doc]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</exclude>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
<component type="Documents" context="System">
<displayName>Component to migrate all Requests folders on any drive on the computer </displayName>
<role role="Data">
<rules>
<include>
<objectSet>
<script>MigXmlHelper.GenerateDrivePatterns ("\Requests\* [*] ", "Fixed")</script>
<script>MigXmlHelper.GenerateDrivePatterns ("*\Requests\* [*] ", "Fixed")</script>
</objectSet>
</include>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
<component type="Documents" context="System">
<displayName>Component to migrate all Presentations folder from any location on the C: drive </displayName>
<role role="Data">
<rules>
<include>
<objectSet>
<pattern type="File"> C:\*\Presentations\* [*]</pattern>
<pattern type="File"> C:\Presentations\* [*]</pattern>
</objectSet>
</include>
</rules>
</role>
</component>
</migration>