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You can also register your ASP.NET Web User Controls in Web.Config?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:10:39 GMT

In Tip#8 we saw how to create a Web User control, register a Web User Control and use the Web User control in your page. Note that VS added a @Register directive right at the top of the page on drag drop of the user control on to your page. But in future if you want to move the location of your User controls you will be forced to change the Register directive in multiple places depending on how many pages you have used the User Control. This could be a pain. This can be easily solved by moving the registration of the user control to your Web.config file with the following entry, so that any change in location can be updated only at one place.

Development vs. Production Web.config

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:04:37 GMT

I describe a quick and easy way of changing or removing development settings in your web.config to make it production ready.

How to prevent web.config inheritance in ASP.NET child virtual directo

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:10:21 GMT

If you add a new ASP.NET web site as a virtual directory/application under an existing ASP.NET web site, then you'll probably be having some problems with web.config inheritance. Even if the sub-webapp is physically separate, just being in a virtual directory located within another webapp will result in many of the settings being inherited and messing up your sub-webapp.

LINQ To SQL and the Web.Config ConnectionString Value

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:16:02 GMT

This saved me a lot of time. Great post.

Securing Configurations

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:37:56 GMT

Have you ever wanted to provide a level of protection to your values in the configuration files? Using aspnet_regiis will help you in encrypting the configuration section(s) in the config files. The executable resides in: "<windows_root>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<framework_version>" and It was common to be used in installing ASP.NET on IIS. However, you can use it as well in encrypting/decrypting the configuration files.

Working With Connection Strings in ASP.NET 2.0

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:14:47 GMT

If you work with data, then you need a way to connect to your data source and manipulate the information contained within. In .Net, as always, there are a number of ways to tackle this issue. This article provides an overview of the most common methods and links to further reading.

Managing ASP.NET Dev, Staging and Production Connection Strings

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:00:45 GMT

If you work with a large number of applications then you know what a pain it can be to manage multiple web.config files and multiple connection strings for development, staging/test, and production databases. This article discusses an alternative that allows connection strings to be consolidated into a single file that can be shared across mutliple applications. It also shows how connection strings can be loaded dynamically based upon a URL which can greatly simplify getting correct connection strings for dev, staging, and production databases.

Tip: Automating Dev, QA, Staging, and Production Web.Config Settings

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:31:01 GMT

"One of the questions I get asked fairly regularly is: 'how can I can easily change different configuration settings in my web.config file based on whether my application is in a dev, qa, staging or production mode?' The most common scenario for this is one where an application uses different database connection-strings for testing and production purposes."

Using SingleTagSectionHandler Instead Of appSettings

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:31:02 GMT

As an alternative to appSettings you can use SingleTagSectionHandler to store settings in a web.config file. Learn how.

Updated your web.config, but Sys is still undefined?

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:01:02 GMT

How to use ASP.NET AJAX's Application.init event to safely call JavaScript after the framework is initialized and avoid the dreaded Sys is undefined error.

Working With Web.config And App_Code

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:23:43 GMT

Few things to know when working with Web.config and App_Code directory. What is the assembly name for App_Code classes, how to use controls defined there etc.

Tip: Put Connection Strings in Their Own Configuration File

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:31:02 GMT

This post explain how to split the connection string out into a new configuration file, user.config. Doing this should make day to day development easier for our development team by reducing the number of merge conflicts in web.config.

Factoring Configuration

Wed, 02 May 2007 06:31:02 GMT

A little known attribute, configSource, enables some level of configuration factoring and splitting for the ever-growing web.config...

ASP.NET AJAX: Message Length Exceeded Error Fix

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:41:19 GMT

If you get the Message Length Exceeded error then open your web.config file and increase maxJsonLength to something bigger than 500

ASP.NET 2.0 Override debug=true in web.config by machine.config

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:31:01 GMT

Deploying web applications can become a painful task if you have to check for a number of settings that you have to modify your code to make it work in production environment. There are chances that developers might miss something if there are a lot of deployment pushes. Features like debugging, tracing, error message display could be a big performance issue if they are turned "on" the production environment.

ASP.Net Quick Tips - Web.config

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:31:02 GMT

ASP.Net web.config tips.

Tool: Creating a custom MachineKey in ASP.NET

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:01:02 GMT

"There are many times when it is worthwhile to create a custom machineKey for your web.config file. This is worthwhile on a webfarm but also worthwhile on a stand-alone server so that your machineKey remains the same after an iisreset or application pool recycle. "

Handling Google Maps API Keys with ASP.NET MasterPages and Web.config

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:03:51 GMT

Juggling Google Maps API keys for a single application between multiple locations (local development, testing server, production server, etc...) can be a pain. Here's a trick that will simplify your life.

How to Register User Controls and Custom Controls in Web.config

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:31:01 GMT

How to Register User Controls and Custom Controls in Web.config

ConfigController class for normalizing web.config appSettings values

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:16:39 GMT

Encapsulate appSettings from the web.config file in a static class that returns the variables as properties of the correct type.

Top 10 Security Vulnerabilities in .NET Configuration Files

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:01:01 GMT

Developers often concentrate on writing secure code but leave security vulnerabilities in application configuration files. Discover the most common configuration security problems-and how to avoid them.