clear Element for expressionBuilders for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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04/30/2007

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

This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<clear/>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

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.
compilation	Configures all compilation settings that ASP.NET uses to compile applications.
expressionBuilders	Defines a collection of resource strings to use during compilation. The resource strings associate prefixes with expression builders. This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Remarks

The clear element removes all references to inherited expression builders that are contained in the expressionBuilders element, allowing only the expression builders that are added by the current add element.

The expressionBuilders element defines a collection of resource strings to use during compilation. The resource strings associate prefixes with expression builders. For more information, see ExpressionBuilder.

Default Configuration

The following default expressionBuilders 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 the application. Items are added to the expressionBuilders collection in the root Web.config file.

<expressionBuilders>
   <clear />
</expressionBuilders>

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to remove all expression builder references from the configuration for the current application.

<configuration>
   <compilation>
      <expressionBuilders>
         <clear/>
      </expressionBuilders>
   </compilation>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler	CompilationSection
Configuration member	Clear
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, 5.1, or 6.0 The .NET Framework version 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005

clear Element for expressionBuilders for compilation (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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