The ASP.net configuration section schema contains elements that control the behavior of the ASP.net Web application. If you specify a default value for a property, the default value is set in the Machine.config file, and the path to the file is systemroot/microsoft.net/framework/versionnumber/config/.
Element description
<system.web> specifies the root element for the ASP.net configuration section.
<add> for <assemblies> Add an assembly reference to be used during dynamic resource compilation.
<add> for <clientTarget> adds the alias of a specific user agent to the internal collection of user agent aliases.
<add> for <add> for <add> add a transport protocol for <protocols> that the. NET Framework can use to decrypt data sent from the client browser in an HTTP request.
<add> for <serviceDescriptionFormatExtensionTypes> Add a service description format extension to run within the scope of the configuration file.
For <soapExtensionTypes>, <soapExtensionImporterTypes> and <soapExtensionReflectorTypes> <add > Add a SOAP extension to run with all XML Web services within the scope of the configuration file.
<allow> allow access to resources.
<assemblies> specify asp.net compilation processing instructions.
<authentication> Configure ASP.net authentication support.
<authorization> Configure ASP.net authorization support.
<browserCaps> Configure settings for the browser feature component.
<case> allow pattern matching to stop after the first successful match in the processing of a large number of substitution options.
<clear> removes all references to items that apply to the parent tag.
<clientTarget> adds an alias for a specific user agent to the internal collection of user agent aliases.
<compilation> contains all compilation settings used by asp.net.
<compiler> define a new compiler option.
<compilers> Specifies the compiler supported by the ASP.net application.
<credentials> allows you to selectively define name and password credentials in the configuration file.
<customErrors> Define custom error messages for the ASP.net application and the page to which the browser is redirected when an error occurs.
<deny> specifies that access to the resource is denied.
<error> Define a custom error condition that will be processed by the custom error page.
<filter> allows multiple rules to be applied sequentially.
<forms> configures the ASP.net application for forms-based custom authentication.
<globalization> Configure the application's globalization settings.
<identity> control the application identity of the WEB application.
<location> specify resources to apply configuration settings.
<machineKey> configures the keys used to encrypt and decrypt Forms authentication Cookie data. This section enables developers to configure validation keys to perform message authentication checks on view-state data and Forms-authentication tickets. It can be declared at the computer, site, or application level, but not at the subdirectory level.
<pages> identifies page-specific configuration settings.
<passport> Specify the page to redirect to (if the page requires authentication and the user has not registered with Microsoft Passport authentication).
<processModel> Configure the ASP.net process model settings on the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) WEB Server System.
<protocols> specifies the transport protocol that asp.net can use to decrypt data sent from the client browser in an HTTP request.
<remove> removal of references to assemblies for <assemblies>.
<remove> for <clientTarget> removes the alias of a specific user agent from the internal collection of the user agent alias.
<remove> Remove the predicate/path mappings for the HttpHandler class for A reference to the HttpModule class for <remove> removal of <remove> for <protocols> removes a single protocol from a list of supported HTML encoding protocols for a particular application.
<remove> for <serviceDescriptionFormatExtensionTypes> removes a single service description format extension type from the scope of the configuration file.
<result> a httpcapabilitiesbase derived class that is used to hold the result of parsing the section (a key-value string pair). This string is used at run time to create the return type.
<securityPolicy> define valid mappings for named security level and policy file. This section can be declared at the computer, site, or application level.
<serviceDescriptionFormatExtensionTypes> Specifies the service description format extension to run within the scope of the configuration file.
<sessionState> configure some session-state settings for the current application.
<soapExtensionImporterTypes> Specifies the SOAP extension that will run when access to the service description of XML Web services within the scope of the configuration file is accessed.
<soapExtensionReflectorTypes> Specifies the SOAP extension that will run when all XML Web services within the scope of the configuration file are generated for the service description.
<soapExtensionTypes> specifies a SOAP extension to run with all XML Web services within the scope of the configuration file.
<trace> configure ASP.net tracking service.
<trust> configures the set of code access security permissions that are used to run a particular application. This section can be declared at the computer, site, and application levels.
<trustLevel> Define mappings for specific security levels to named policy files.
<use> Specifies the HTTP request string to be sent to the parser.
<user> allows you to define user name and password credentials in the configuration file.
<webServices> controls the settings for XML Web services created using asp.net.
<WsdlHelpGenerator> specifies the. aspx help page for XML Web services.
