buildProviders Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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buildProviders Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Defines a collection of build providers that are used to compile custom resource files.

<configuration> Element
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    compilation Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
      buildProviders Element for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<buildProviders> 
   <add />
   <clear/>
   <remove />
</buildProviders>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Subtag	Description
add	Optional element. Adds a build provider to the collection.
clear	Optional element. Removes all references to inherited build providers, allowing only the build providers that are added by the current add element.
remove	Optional element. Removes a reference to an inherited build provider from the collection.

Subtag

Description

add

Optional element.

Adds a build provider to the collection.

clear

Optional element.

Removes all references to inherited build providers, allowing only the build providers that are added by the current add element.

remove

Optional element.

Removes a reference to an inherited build provider from the collection.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the 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.
compilation	Configures all the compilation settings that ASP.NET uses to compile applications.

Remarks

The buildProviders element defines a collection of build providers that are used to compile custom resource files of a particular file type and to generate code during compilation.

To define custom build actions for a file type within an ASP.NET application, you must derive a class from the BuildProvider class, implement members within the derived class for building the file type, and configure the build provider for the corresponding file extension within the application configuration file. For information, see BuildProvider.

Default Configuration

The following default buildProviders element is not explicitly configured in the Machine.config file or in the root Web.config file. However, it is the default configuration that is returned by application. Items are added to the buildProviders collection in the root Web.config file.

<buildProviders>
   <clear />
</buildProviders>

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

<buildProviders>
   <add extension=".aspx" type="System.Web.Compilation.PageBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".ascx" type="System.Web.Compilation.UserControlBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".master" type="System.Web.Compilation.MasterPageBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".asix" type="System.Web.Compilation.ImageGeneratorBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".asmx" type="System.Web.Compilation.WebServiceBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".ashx" type="System.Web.Compilation.WebHandlerBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".soap" type="System.Web.Compilation.WebServiceBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".resx" type="System.Web.Compilation.ResXBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".resources" type="System.Web.Compilation.ResourcesBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".wsdl" type="System.Web.Compilation.WsdlBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".xsd" type="System.Web.Compilation.XsdBuildProvider"/>
   <add extension=".js" type="System.Web.Compilation.ForceCopyBuildProvider"/>
</buildProviders>

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to define a build provider that is used to compile custom resource files with the specified extension.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <compilation>
         <buildProviders>
            <buildProvider 
               extension=".mafx" 
               type="MyBuildProviderType, MyBuildProviderAssembly" />
         </buildProviders>
      </compilation>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler	CompilationSection
Configuration member	BuildProviders()()() BuildProviderCollection
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) 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0 The .NET Framework 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005

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BuildProviders()()()

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