deployment Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Defines configuration settings that are used to support the deployment of a Web application.
<deployment retail="true|false" />
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
retail |
Optional Boolean attribute. Sets a value specifying whether a Web application is deployed in retail mode. The default value is false. This value can only be set at the machine level, not at the application level. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
configuration |
The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications. |
system.web |
Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file. Contains elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave. |
Remarks
When retail is set to true, ASP.NET disables certain configuration settings such as trace output, custom errors, and debug capabilities.
Default Configuration
The following default <deployment> element is not explicitly configured in the machine configuration file, but is the default configuration returned by an application in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
<deployment retail="false" />
Example
The following example shows how to declaratively specify values for several properties of the DeploymentSection class.
<system.web>
<deployment retail="false" />
</system.web>
Element Information
Configuration Section Handler |
System.Web.Configuration.DeploymentSection |
Configuration Member |
|
Configurable Locations |
Machine.config |
Requirements |
IIS 6.0 .NET Framework 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)
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration
Concepts
Deployment How-to and Walkthrough Topics
ASP.NET Configuration File Hierarchy and Inheritance
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios
Other Resources
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Configuring ASP.NET Applications
ASP.NET Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration API