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ASP+ Standard Section Handlers

ASP+ ships with a several standard configuration section handlers that can be used to process configuration settings within Config.web files.

The following sections describe each of the standard configuration section handlers in detail, and demonstrate the full syntax they support.

Standard Configuration Sections Description
<browsercaps> Configures the settings for the browser capabilities component. For information on the browser capabilities component, see the HttpBrowserCapabilities Class in the Reference section of the NGWS runtime documentation.
<compilation> Contains all the compilation settings used by ASP+. Supports the <compilers> and <assemblies> subtags.
<configuration> Root configuration section for all ASP+ configuration files.
<configsections> Contains a list that indicates the configuration section handlers associated with each configuration section.
<globalization> Configures the globalization settings of the application. The settable attributes are: requestencoding, responseencoding, fileencoding, and culture.
<httphandlerfactories> Maps incoming URL requests to IHttpHandlerFactories.
<httphandlers> Maps incoming URL requests to IHttpHandler classes. This config section is the exception to the inheritance rule. Subdirectories do not inherit these settings.
<httpmodules> Adds, removes or clears Http Modules within an application
<processmodel> Configures the ASP+ process model settings on IIS Web Server systems. The settable attributes are: enable, timeout, idletimeout, shutdowntimeout, requestlimit, requestqueuelimit, memorylimit, cpumask, and usecpuaffinity.
<security> Configures all security settings used by ASP+. Supports the <authentication>, <authorization>, and <identity> subtags.
<sessionstate> Configures the session state HttpModule. The settable attributes are: inproc, cookieless, timeout, server, and port.
<tracing> Configures the ASP+ trace service. The settable attributes are: enabled, requestlimit, and pageoutput.