Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET extensions configuration section, and contains elements that configure ASP.NET services and control their behavior.
<system.web.extensions> <scripting>... </scripting> </system.web.extensions>
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
None.
Element
Description
scripting
Specifies configuration settings for ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web pages and for enabling or disabling application services.
configuration
Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
The system.web.extensions element enables you to configure ASP.NET applications that can be used by AJAX-enabled clients, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) clients (SOAP clients), and .NET Framework clients. The configuration settings include the following:
Enabling ASP.NET application services through the authenticationService, roleService, and profileService elements.
Configuring the script handler through the enableCompression and enableCaching attributes of the scriptResourceHandler element.
Configuring JSON serialization through the jsonSerialization element.
Configuration section handler
System.Web.Configuration..::.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup
Configurable locations
Machine.config
Application-level Web.config
Requirements
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, or 7.0
The .NET Framework version 3.0