webControls Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Specifies the shared location of the client script files.
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
webControls Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<webControls clientScriptsLocation="String" />
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
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clientScriptsLocation |
Required String attribute. Sets the client scripts location. Default value is "/aspnet_client/{0}/{1}/". |
Child Elements
None.
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. |
Remarks
Default Configuration
The following default webControls element is configured in the machine configuration file in the .NET Framework versions 1.0 and 1.1.
<webControls clientScriptsLocation="/aspnet_client/{0}/{1}/"/>
The following default webControls element is configured in the root Web.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
<webControls clientScriptsLocation="/aspnet_client/{0}/{1}/" />
Example
The following example sets the shared location of the client script files for an ASP.NET application.
<webControls clientScriptsLocation="/aspnet_client/{0}/{1}/" />
Note
The "{0}" in the above example will be replaced with the namespace name (for example, system_web), and the "{1}" will be replaced with the Framework version number.
Element Information
Configuration Section Handler |
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Configuration Member |
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Configurable Locations |
Machine.config Root level Web.config Application level Web.config Virtual or physical directory level Web.config |
Requirements |
IIS 5.0, IIS 5.1, or IIS 6.0 .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0 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
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
Concepts
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