GlobalizationSection Class

Defines configuration settings that are used to support the globalization infrastructure of Web applications. This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace: System.Web.Configuration
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class GlobalizationSection
	Inherits ConfigurationSection
'Usage
Dim instance As GlobalizationSection

public final class GlobalizationSection extends ConfigurationSection
public final class GlobalizationSection extends ConfigurationSection
Not applicable.

The GlobalizationSection class provides a way to programmatically access and modify the content of the globalization section of the configuration file.

This example demonstrates how to specify values declaratively for several attributes of the globalization section, which can also be accessed as members of the GlobalizationSection class.

The following configuration file example shows how to specify values declaratively for the globalization section.

<system.web>
  <globalization 
    requestEncoding="utf-8"
    responseEncoding="utf-8"/>
</system.web>

The following code example demonstrates how to use the GlobalizationSection class.

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Configuration

Namespace Samples.Aspnet.SystemWebConfiguration
  Class UsingGlobalizationSection
    Public Shared Sub Main()
      Try
        ' Set the path of the config file.
        Dim configPath As String = ""

        ' Get the Web application configuration object.
        Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
         WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(configPath)

        ' Get the section related object.
        Dim configSection As System.Web.Configuration.GlobalizationSection = _
         CType(config.GetSection("system.web/globalization"), _
         System.Web.Configuration.GlobalizationSection)

        ' Display title and info.
        Console.WriteLine("ASP.NET Configuration Info")
        Console.WriteLine()

        ' Display Config details.
        Console.WriteLine("File Path: {0}", config.FilePath)
        Console.WriteLine("Section Path: {0}", configSection.SectionInformation.Name)

        ' Display Culture property.
        Console.WriteLine("Culture: {0}", _
         configSection.Culture)

        ' Set Culture property.
        configSection.Culture = _
         System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.ToString()

        ' Display EnableClientBasedCulture property.
        Console.WriteLine("EnableClientBasedCulture: {0}", _
         configSection.EnableClientBasedCulture)

        ' Set EnableClientBasedCulture property.
        configSection.EnableClientBasedCulture = False

        ' Display FileEncoding property.
        Console.WriteLine("FileEncoding: {0}", _
         configSection.FileEncoding)

        ' Set FileEncoding property.
        configSection.FileEncoding = _
         System.Text.Encoding.UTF8

        ' Display RequestEncoding property.
        Console.WriteLine("RequestEncoding: {0}", _
         configSection.RequestEncoding)

        ' Set RequestEncoding property.
        configSection.RequestEncoding = _
         System.Text.Encoding.UTF8

        ' Display ResponseEncoding property.
        Console.WriteLine("ResponseEncoding: {0}", _
         configSection.ResponseEncoding)

        ' Set ResponseEncoding property.
        configSection.ResponseEncoding = _
         System.Text.Encoding.UTF8

        ' Display ResponseHeaderEncoding property.
        Console.WriteLine("ResponseHeaderEncoding: {0}", _
         configSection.ResponseHeaderEncoding)

        ' Set ResponseHeaderEncoding property.
        configSection.ResponseHeaderEncoding = _
         System.Text.Encoding.UTF8

        ' Display UICulture property.
        Console.WriteLine("UICulture: {0}", _
         configSection.UICulture)

        ' Set UICulture property.
        configSection.UICulture = _
         System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.ToString()

        ' Update if not locked.
        If Not configSection.SectionInformation.IsLocked Then
          config.Save()
          Console.WriteLine("** Configuration updated.")
        Else
          Console.WriteLine("** Could not update, section is locked.")
        End If

      Catch e As Exception
        ' Unknown error.
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString())
      End Try

      ' Display and wait
      Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub
  End Class
End Namespace

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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