Complete section and setting in web.config file
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Detail description of web.config file:
1) web.config file stored in xml format .
2) You can add any number of config file in your application .
3) web.config file inherits from root web.config which is store at location
"systemroot\Microsoft.NET\Framework\versionNumber\CONFIG\Web.config "
NO we start with section inside web.config file
A) Compilation setting :
<system.web>
<compilation
debug="true" strict="true" explicit="true" batch="true"
optimizeCompilations="true" batchTimeout="900"
maxBatchSize="1000" maxBatchGeneratedFileSize="1000"
numRecompilesBeforeAppRestart="15" defaultLanguage="c#"
targetFramework="4.0" assemblyPostProcessorType="">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bhfkdk8435kdgdgg"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
Compilation seeetting is used to enable debugging mode of application
Assembly - used to add assembly from GAC (Global assembly cache)
public key token - generated from visual command prompt using following command
sn –T DllName.dll
B) Page Setting :
in Page setting we can set session state , view State and buffer of asp pages .
<pages buffer ="true" styleSheetTheme=""
masterPageFile ="MasterPage.master"
enableEventValidation="true">
C) Custom Error Setting :
we can configure Application error using custom error setting section
<customErrors defaultRedirect ="ErrorFile.aspx" mode ="Off">
<error statusCode ="404" redirect ="FileNotFound.aspx"/>
</customErrors>
Default redirect - if asp.net page gets error File not found then it will automatically redirect on specified url .
Status code -code of error like 400-bad request
405 -File not found
D) Location Setting :
this is used to set path of different folder and subfolder .
<location path="Default.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
E) Session State and View State Setting :
ASP.net is a stateless so we have to maintain state by using Session and view state . it's a local storage in asp.net
View state enable or disable from here :
<Pages EnableViewState="true" />
following is used for session :
<sessionState mode="SQLServerCon" sqlConnectionString="Connection" />
F) Httphandler Setting:
when request for resource is send to server that request has been executed by Httphandler
G) HttpModuleHandler Setting :
HttpModule is a class or an assembly that implements the IHttpModule interface that handles the application events or user events.
I)AppSetting : mostly used tag from web.config file is AppSettting .
its used to stored application information such as connection string , File path .
it is in key value pair format . In application you can retrieve any value by knowing its key value .
<appSettings>
<add key="imagepath" value="D:\image.jpg"/>
</appSettings>
For connection string :
<connectionStrings>
<add name ="cnn" connectionString ="Initial Catalog = Test;
Data Source =localhost; Integrated Security = true"/>
</connectionStrings>
please post on resource if you want more details regarding web.config file .
Thanks and Regards
Sagar Pawar