properties Element for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Defines a collection of user profile properties and property groups.

This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<properties>
    <add... />
    <clear />
    <remove... />
    <group>...</group>
</properties>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
add	Optional element. Adds a property to the user profile.
clear	Optional element. Clears all previously defined properties from the user profile.
group	Optional element. Defines a grouping of user profile properties.
remove	Optional element. Removes a property from the user profile.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.
profile	Configures the user profile for an application.

Remarks

For information about accessing and modifying configuration values for the profile element in application code, see ProfileSection.

Example

The following example Web.config file specifies a user profile that contains ZipCode property of type string and a RecentSearchList property of type StringCollection. The generated Profile will have strongly typed accessors for each of the specified properties. For information about the user profile and an example of setting and reading user profile properties, see ASP.NET Profile Properties.

<configuration>
   <connectionStrings>
       <add name="SqlServices" connectionString="Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial 
            Catalog=aspnetdb;" />
   </connectionStrings>

  <system.web>
   <anonymousIdentification enabled="true" />

   <profile defaultProvider="SqlProvider" >
     <providers>
       <add
         name="SqlProvider"
         connectionStringName="SqlServices"
         applicationName="HttpProfileBaseApplication"
         type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" />
     </providers>

     <properties>
       <add name="ZipCode" allowAnonymous="true" />
       <add name="RecentSearchList"
            type="System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection"
            serializeAs="Xml"
            allowAnonymous="true" />
      </properties>
    </profile>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler	System.Web.Configuration.ProfileSection
Configuration member	System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebSectionGroup.Profile
Configurable locations	Machine.config Root-level Web.config Application-level Web.config
Requirements	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0 The .NET Framework version 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

profile Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<configuration> Element
add Element for properties for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
clear Element for properties for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
group Element for properties for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
remove Element for properties for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
ProfileSection
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview
ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Other Resources

ASP.NET Profile Properties
ASP.NET Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration API