Web.Config Options

• Jun 21, 2024
• 2 minutes to read

A DevExpress section is automatically created within the Web.Config file when any DevExpress web control is added to the Design area in Visual Studio. This section lists all available default DevExpress options that control various features.

The default registration of this section in Web.Config is as follows.

Web.config

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="devExpress">
      <section name="themes" type="DevExpress.Web.ThemesConfigurationSection, DevExpress.Web.v24.2, Version=24.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" requirePermission="false" />
      <section name="compression" type="DevExpress.Web.CompressionConfigurationSection, DevExpress.Web.v24.2, Version=24.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" requirePermission="false" />
      <section name="settings" type="DevExpress.Web.SettingsConfigurationSection, DevExpress.Web.v24.2, Version=24.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" requirePermission="false" />
      <section name="errors" type="DevExpress.Web.ErrorsConfigurationSection, DevExpress.Web.v24.2, Version=24.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" requirePermission="false" />
      <section name="resources" type="DevExpress.Web.ResourcesConfigurationSection, DevExpress.Web.v24.2, Version=24.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" requirePermission="false" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>
  ...
  <devExpress>
    <themes enableThemesAssembly="true" styleSheetTheme="" theme="Metropolis" customThemeAssemblies="" baseColor="Green" font="30px 'Callibri'"  />
    <compression enableHtmlCompression="false" enableCallbackCompression="true" enableResourceCompression="true" enableResourceMerging="true" />
    <settings doctypeMode="Html5" rightToLeft="false" ieCompatibilityVersion="edge" />
    <errors callbackErrorRedirectUrl="" />
    <resources>
      <add type="ThirdParty" />
      <add type="DevExtreme" />
    </resources>
  </devExpress>
</configuration>

The following DevExpress options are available within a web project’s Web.Config file.

• Accessibility Compliant
• Availability of Themes Assembly
• Callback Compression
• Control State Protection
• Check References To External Scripts
• Custom Theme Assemblies
• Document Type Mode
• External Client Libraries
• Page HTML Compression
• Redirection on a Callback Error
• Resource Compression
• Resource Merging
• Right to Left Support
• Style Sheet Theme Name
• Theme Base Color
• Theme Font Settings
• Theme Name

Note

If IIS compression is configured on the server, disable DevExpress Web.config options related to compression (Page Html Compression, Callback Compression, Resource Compression and Resource Merging options) to avoid behavior issues.