providers Element for siteMap (ASP.NET Settings Schema) 

Defines a collection of navigation providers.

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

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

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
add	Optional element. Adds a provider to a collection of navigation providers.
clear	Optional element. Clears all previously defined providers.
remove	Optional element. Removes a provider from the collection of navigation providers.

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.
siteMap	Defines configuration settings to support the navigation infrastructure for configuring, storing, and rendering site navigation.

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 siteMapFile="web.sitemap" name="AspNetXmlSiteMapProvider"
         type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
         PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>

Example

The following code example shows how to add a site map provider in the Web.config file to override the default site map provider that is defined for ASP.NET.

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <siteMap defaultProvider="XmlSiteMapReader">
      <providers>
        <add 
          name=" XmlSiteMapReader"
          type="XmlSiteMapProvider, System.Web, Version=1.1.3300.0,
                Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
          siteMapFile="my.sitemap"
          description="XmlSiteMapProvider that loads my.sitemap"/>
      </providers>
    </siteMap>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section Handler	System.Web.Configuration.SiteMapSection
Configuration member	System.Web.Configuration.SiteMapSection.Providers
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

siteMap Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<configuration> Element
add Element for providers for siteMap (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
clear Element for providers for siteMap (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
remove Element for providers for siteMap (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
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 Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration API