clientTarget Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Adds aliases for specific user agents to an internal collection of user agent aliases.

<configuration> Element
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    clientTarget Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<clientTarget> 
   <add... />
   <remove... />
   <clear/>
</clientTarget>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element

Description

add

Optional element.

Adds an alias for a specific user agent to an internal collection of user agent aliases.

clear

Optional element.

Removes all aliases that are currently contained in or inherited from the specified Web.config file.

remove

Optional element.

Removes an alias for a specific user agent from an internal collection of user agent aliases. The value must exactly match that of a previous add directive. Wildcard selections are not supported.

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.

Remarks

The collection of user agent aliases indicates the target user agents that ASP.NET server controls should render content for. For more information, see the Page.ClientTarget property.

Default Configuration

The following default clientTarget element is configured in the root Web.config file.

<clientTarget>
  <add alias="uplevel" userAgent="Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" />
  <add alias="downlevel" userAgent="Generic Downlevel" />
</clientTarget>

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to add user agent aliases.

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <clientTarget>
      <add alias="ie5" userAgent="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;MSIE 5.5;Windows NT 4.0)"/>
      <add alias="ie4" userAgent="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;MSIE 4.0;Windows NT 4.0)"/>
    </clientTarget>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler

System.Web.Configuration.ClientTargetSection

Configuration member

System.Web.Configuration.ClientTarget

SystemWebSectionGroup.ClientTarget

Page.ClientTarget

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 or a later version

The .NET Framework version 1.0 or a later version

Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or a later version

See Also

Tasks

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

configuration Element (General Settings Schema)

add Element for clientTarget (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

clear Element for clientTarget (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

remove Element for clientTarget (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

@ Page

System.Configuration

System.Web.Configuration

Page.ClientTarget

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