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 |
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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 |
|
Configuration member |
|
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