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Application Tab, ASP.NET Configuration Settings Dialog Box

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The Application tab of the ASP.NET Configuration Settings dialog box lets you manage three types of configuration settings:

  • Common compilation, page, and run-time settings.

  • Globalization settings.

  • Identity settings.

To display the ASP.NET Configuration Settings dialog box from the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager

  1. Open the Properties dialog box for the Web application.

  2. Click ASP.NET, click Edit Configuration, and then click Application.

The settings that you make in the Application tab apply to the Web application that you selected before displaying the Properties dialog box. The settings that you apply in the Application tab will appear in the system.web configuration section of the Web.config file for the Web application.

Note

Configuration settings can be inherited. Settings can be defined in the Machine.config file, which acts as the base configuration for all Web sites and Web applications on the server. You can create new settings or override inherited settings by making configuration settings at the Web-application level.

For information about ASP.NET Configuration Settings, see ASP.NET Configuration Overview

Tasks

  • Using the Application tab, you can complete the following tasks:

  • Set the default language for the ASP.NET pages in the Web application.

  • Set the default theme and master page for the Web application.

  • Enable debugging for the Web application.

  • Specify the maximum number of seconds a request can run before it is automatically shut down by ASP.NET.

  • Set content encoding character sets for requests, responses, and culture settings, which determine the results of culture-dependent functions, such as the date, number, and currency formatting.

  • Set the windows identity that will be impersonated and under which the ASP.NET pages run.

UI Elements

The Application tab has three categories, as follows:

  • Common compilation, Page and Runtime Settings

  • Globalization Settings

  • Identify Settings

  • Common Compilation, Page and Runtime Settings
    Lets you make configuration settings for Page Language Default, Page Theme Default, Page Master Default, Enable Debugging, and Request Execution Timeout (seconds).
  • Page Language Default
    Lets you select the default programming language to use in dynamic compilation files. The available languages are VB (Microsoft Visual Basic development system), C#, JS (Microsoft JScript development software), and VJ# (Microsoft Visual J# development tool).
  • Page Theme Default
    Lets you specify the default theme to apply to all pages in the Web application.
  • Page Master Default
    Lets you specify the path for the master page file relative to the local configuration file.
  • Enable Debugging
    Lets you specify whether to compile retail or debug binaries. The value is false, if the check box is clear.
  • Request Execution Timeout (seconds)
    Lets you set the maximum number of seconds that a request is allowed to execute before being automatically shut down by ASP.NET.
  • Globalization Settings
    Lets you make configuration settings for Request Encoding, Response Encoding, Culture, and UI Culture.
  • Request Encoding
    Lets you specify the assumed encoding of each incoming request, including posted data and the query string. The default is UTF-8.
  • Response Encoding
    Lets you specify the content encoding of responses. The default is UTF-8.
  • File Encoding
    Lets you specify the default encoding for .aspx, .asmx, and .asax file parsing.
  • Culture
    Lets you select the default culture for processing incoming Web requests. The culture determines the results of culture-dependent functions, such as the date, number, and currency formatting.
  • UI Culture
    Lets you select the default culture for processing locale-dependent resource searches.
  • Identity Settings
    Lets you make configuration settings for Impersonate, User Name, and Password.
  • Impersonate
    Lets you specify whether client impersonation is used on each request.
  • User Name
    Lets you specify the user name to use, if client impersonation is used on each request.
  • Password
    Lets you specify the password to use, if client impersonation is used on each request.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Access ASP.NET Configuration Settings Programmatically
How to: Set the Culture and UI Culture for ASP.NET Web Page Globalization

Reference

Authentication Tab, ASP.NET Configuration Settings Dialog Box
Authorization Tab, ASP.NET Configuration Settings Dialog Box
Custom Errors Tab, ASP.NET Configuration Settings Dialog Box
General Tab, ASP.NET Configuration Settings Dialog Box
Locations Tab, ASP.NET Configuration Settings Dialog Box

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview
ASP.NET Themes Overview
ASP.NET Master Pages Overview