Editor Defaults Tab (Project Properties Dialog Box)

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Use this tab to set the default options for this project. You can set the default script language, the browser object model, and the data-binding configuration you will use for the Web project.

Note   Project properties are read-only while you are offline. To change these settings, you must be connected to the network.

Options

DTC scripting platform

Server (ASP)

Select to use design-time controls as server objects in all ASP pages in the Web project. Design-time controls will run on most browsers that support HTML 3.2. This option is only available with .asp files.

Client (IE 4.0 DHTML)

Select to use design-time controls as client objects in all ASP pages and HTML pages in the Web project. Design-time controls will run on Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.x browsers.

Default script language

Server

Displays the default Web server scripting language for the Web project. You can choose Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Scripting Editing (VBScript) or JavaScript.

Client

Displays the default client scripting language for the Web project. You can choose VBScript or JavaScript.

Sessionless ASP pages

If selected, Microsoft® Internet Information Server does not allow session object support for .asp files. This option places the following script in the header line of .asp files:

<%@ EnableSessionState=False%>

Note   You use the Session object to store information needed for a particular user session. Variables stored in the Session object are not discarded when the user jumps between pages in the application; instead, these variables persist for the entire time the user is accessing pages in your application.

You can also use Session methods to explicitly end a session and set the timeout period for an idle session. For more information, see "Managing Sessions" in the Microsoft Internet Information Server documentation.