ASP.NET Tutorial/Configuration/Profile

Creating personalization properties in the web.config file

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    
     <profile>
    
      <properties>
    
        <add name="FirstName" />
        <add name="LastName" />
        <add name="LastVisited" />
        <add name="Age" />
        <add name="Member" />
    
     </properties>
    
   </profile>
    
   <authentication mode="Windows" />
    
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Defining types for personalization properties

<configuration>
  <system.web>
     <profile>
        <properties>
            
           <add name="FirstName" type="System.String" />
           <add name="LastName" type="System.String" />
           <add name="LastVisited" type="System.DateTime" />
           <add name="Age" type="System.Integer" />
           <add name="Member" type="System.Boolean" />
            
        </properties>
    </profile>
    <authentication mode="Windows" />
  </system.web>
</configuration>

The Profile is defined in the web configuration file

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <profile>
      <properties>
        <add
          name="MasterPageFile"
          defaultValue="Dynamic1.master" />
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </system.web>
</configuration>