codeSubDirectories Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Defines an ordered collection of subdirectories that contains files to compile at run time.

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

<configuration> Element
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    compilation Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
      codeSubDirectories Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<codeSubDirectories>
   <add />
/>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
add	Optional element. Adds a subdirectory to the collection of subdirectories that contain files to compile at run time.

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.
compilation	Configures all compilation settings that ASP.NET uses to compile applications.

Remarks

The codeSubDirectories element defines an ordered collection of subdirectories that contain files to compile at run time.

Subdirectory names are relative to the App_Code directory.

The build order is inferred from the top-down order of the codeSubDirectories collection. The App_Code directory is built last. However, there are no build order dependencies, which means that the build order is not significant.

Default Configuration

There is no default codeSubDirectories element configured for ASP.NET.

Example

The following code example shows how to define an ordered collection of assembly subdirectories. The subdirectories are listed in the order that the code must be compiled, which is a function of your code dependencies.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <compilation>
         <codeSubDirectories>
           <add directoryName="mySubDir1"/>
           <add directoryName="mySubDir2"/>
           <add directoryName="mySubDir3"/>
         </codeSubDirectories>
      </compilation>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler	CompilationSection
Configuration member	CodeSubDirectories CodeSubDirectoriesCollection
Configurable locations	Machine.config Root-level Web.config Application-level Web.config Virtual or physical directory–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 2003 or Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Configure Specific Directories Using Location Settings

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

compilation Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

add Element for codeSubDirectories for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

buildProviders Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

assemblies Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

compilers Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

expressionBuilders Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

configuration Element (General Settings Schema)

system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

System.Configuration

System.Web.Configuration

CompilationSection

Assemblies

AssemblyCollection

Concepts

ASP.NET Compilation Overview

ASP.NET Web Page Syntax Overview

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

ASP.NET Web Site Administration

ASP.NET Configuration Files

ASP.NET Configuration API