I want to set the application name for my web app in the asp.net configuration, but nothing is working for me. It always says "Application:/". I have put quite a few hours into searching for an answer. I'm sure it's something simple (as it always is). Can someone help point it out?
Here's my web.config...
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<clear />
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\AbetEvaluation.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="AbetConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\AbetEvaluation.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/Login.aspx" />
</authentication>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
<membership defaultProvider="AbetMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add
name="AbetMembershipProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"
applicationName="/AbetEvaluation"
connectionStringName="AbetConnectionString"
requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"
minRequiredPasswordLength="6"
minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0"
requiresUniqueEmail="true"
passwordFormat="Clear"
/>
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="AbetRoleProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add
name="AbetRoleProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider"
connectionStringName="AbetConnectionString"
applicationName="/AbetEvaluation"
/>
</providers>
</roleManager>
<siteMap defaultProvider="XmlSiteMapProvider" enabled="true">
<providers>
<add
name="XmlSiteMapProvider"
description="Default SiteMap provider."
type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider"
siteMapFile="Web.sitemap"
securityTrimmingEnabled="true"
/>
</providers>
</siteMap>
</system.web>
The ASP.NET Configuration website that allows configuration of ASP.NET Membership, Role and Profiles uses the value in the ApplicationURL query string parameter to display on the website. (ie. Application: /CoolApp) Most people with have only a backslash character. You can change this by setting the web applications Virtual Path parameter in the project properties to something other than /, whatever you put there will be used in the query string.
Always set the applicationName in the web.config for your role providers
add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="mySecurityDB" applicationName="/CoolApp"/>
Change the Virtual path: parameter in your project settings