<Application Configuration>

<Application Configuration> elements define attributes that are unique to a particular client application. It contains elements <ConnectionEstablishedAtStartup>, which has the attributes Alias and Type that defines the Alias types and Driver types to which the application will connect. This information is used to request credentials from the application user during application startup, which means that all required driver credentials are requested at the start of the application, rather than when the connection to the driver is finally made.