providers Element for personalization for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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Defines the Web Parts personalization providers for the current Web application.

configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    webParts Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
      personalization Element for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
        providers Element for personalization for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<providers>
    <add.../>
    <clear />
    <remove.../>
</providers>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element

Description

add

Optional element

Specifies the name of the provider and the class that implements it.

clear

Optional element

Removes all of the Web Parts providers from the collection.

remove

Optional element

Removes the specified Web Parts provider from the collection.

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.

personalization

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

Remarks

Default Configuration

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

<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>

Example

The following example shows how to add a provider.

<webParts>
  <personalization defaultProvider="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider">
    <providers>
      <add name="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider"
      type="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.SqlPersonalizationProvider"
      connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" />
    </providers>
  </personalization>
</webParts>

Providers may only be defined at the machine, site, and application level.

Element Information

Configuration Section Handler

System.Web.Configuration.WebPartsSection

Configuration Member

WebPartsPersonalization.Providers

Configurable Locations

Machine.config

Root level Web.config

Application-level Web.config

Requirements

IIS 5.0, 5.1 and 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)

add Element for providers for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

clear Element for providers for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

remove Element for providers for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

WebPartsSection

WebPartsPersonalization

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

ASP.NET Web Site Administration

ASP.NET Configuration API