error Element for customErrors (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Specifies the custom error page for a given HTTP status code.
<error statusCode="statuscode"
redirect="url"/>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
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statusCode |
Required attribute. Specifies the HTTP status code that results in redirection to the error page. |
redirect |
Required attribute. The URL of the custom page that is mapped to the error code. |
Child Elements
None.
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. |
customErrors |
Provides information about custom error messages for an ASP.NET application. It can be defined at any level in the application file hierarchy. |
Example
The following configuration code example specifies the error handling pages to use for an ASP.NET application.
The custom errors are only issued for the elements that are handled by ASP.NET. For example, if you refer to a non-existing .htm page, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) issues the standard 404 error. If you refer instead to a non-existing .aspx page, ASP.NET issues the custom 404 error, if you configured the error.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors defaultRedirect="GenericError.htm"
mode="RemoteOnly">
<error statusCode="500"
redirect="InternalError.htm"/>
</customErrors>
</system.web>
</configuration>
Element Information
Configuration section handler |
|
Configuration member |
|
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 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005 |
See Also
Tasks
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Reference
customErrors Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General 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