providers Element for personalization for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Defines the Web Parts personalization providers for the current Web application.
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
webParts Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
personalization Element for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
providers Element for personalization for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<providers>
<add.../>
<clear />
<remove.../>
</providers>
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
add | Optional element Specifies the name of the provider and the class that implements it. |
clear | Optional element Removes all of the Web Parts providers from the collection. |
remove | Optional element Removes the specified Web Parts provider from the collection. |
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. |
webParts | Allows you to specify a Web Parts personalization provider, set personalization authorizations, and add custom classes that extend the WebPartTransformer class for use by Web Parts connections. |
personalization | Specifies the Web Parts personalization provider and sets Web Parts personalization authorizations. |
Default Configuration
The following default providers element is configured in the root Web.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
<providers>
<add connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"
name="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider"
type="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.SqlPersonalizationProvider,
System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>
The following example shows how to add a provider.
<webParts>
<personalization defaultProvider="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider">
<providers>
<add name="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider"
type="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.SqlPersonalizationProvider"
connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" />
</providers>
</personalization>
</webParts>
Providers may only be defined at the machine, site, and application level.