personalization Element for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema) 

Specifies the Web Parts personalization provider and sets Web Parts personalization authorizations.

<personalization defaultProvider="">
    <authorization>...</authorization>
    <providers>...</providers>
</personalization>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
defaultProvider	Optional String attribute. Sets the name of the default Web Parts personalization provider. The default value is "AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider".

Child Elements

Element	Description
authorization	Optional element. Sets the Web Parts personalization authorizations for the current Web application.
providers	Optional element. Sets the Web Parts personalization providers for the current Web application.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file. Contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave.
webParts	Allows you to specify a Web Parts personalization provider, set personalization authorizations, and add custom classes that extend the WebPartTransformer class for use by Web Parts connections.

Remarks

Default Configuration

The following default personalization element is configured in the root Web.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<personalization>
  <providers>
    <add connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"
      name="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider" 
      type="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.SqlPersonalizationProvider, System.Web, 
      Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
  </providers>

  <authorization>
    <deny users="*" verbs="enterSharedScope" />
      <allow users="*" verbs="modifyState" />
  </authorization>
</personalization>

Example

The following example shows how to configure personalization settings for an ASP.NET application.

<webParts>
  <personalization defaultProvider="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider">
    <providers>
      <add name="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider"
      type="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.SqlPersonalizationProvider"
      connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" />
    </providers>
    <authorization>
      <deny users="*" verbs="enterSharedScope" />
      <allow users="*" verbs="modifyState" />
    </authorization>
  </personalization>
</webParts>

Providers may only be defined at the application level. However, Authorization can be defined per local directory. Therefore care must be taken when defining both elements at different scopes to ensure that their values do not conflict.

Element Information

Configuration Section Handler	System.Web.Configuration.WebPartsSection
Configuration Member	System.Web.Configuration.WebPartsSection.Personalization
Configurable Locations	Machine.config Root level Web.config Application level Web.config Virtual- or physical directory level Web.config
Requirements	IIS version 5.0, IIS version 5.1, and version 6.0 .NET Framework version 2.0 Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Configure Specific Directories Using Location Settings
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
authorization Element for personalization for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
providers Element for personalization for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
WebPartsSection
WebPartsPersonalization
WebPartsPersonalizationAuthorization
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios
Securing ASP.NET Configuration

Other Resources

General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Configuring ASP.NET Applications
ASP.NET Configuration API