ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Name

<globalization>

Synopsis

<globalization
   requestEncoding=encodingString
   responseEncoding=encodingString
   fileEncoding=encodingString
   culture=cultureString
   uiCulture=cultureString />

Provides attributes for configuring encoding and culture settings. These attributes are used as the basis for the expected encoding of requests, responses, and files for internationalization.

Scope

Any

Attributes

requestEncoding

Specifies the assumed encoding of incoming requests. This can be any valid encoding string and should match the responseEncoding attribute. The default is UTF-8. This attribute is optional.

responseEncoding

Specifies the content encoding of responses. This can be any valid encoding string and should match the requestEncoding attribute. The default is UTF-8. This attribute is optional.

fileEncoding

Specifies the encoding used to parse .aspx, .asmx, and .asax files. This attribute is optional.

culture

Specifies the assumed culture for incoming requests. The value can be any valid culture string. This attribute is optional.

uiCulture

Specifies the culture for locale-specific resource searches. The value can be any valid culture string. This attribute is optional.

Child Elements

None

Example

This example shows how the default <globalization> settings are configured in web.config:

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

Notes

A list of valid culture strings can be found in the .NET Framework documentation ...