Static Content <staticContent>

Overview

The <staticContent> element configures several settings related to processing requests for static files in Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.

The <staticContent> element contains the following three attributes that specify whether IIS 7 should apply a document footer to static files:

• The enableDocFooter attribute specifies whether document footers are enabled.
• The defaultDocFooter attribute contains either:
  • A text string that IIS 7 will use for the document footer if the isDocFooterFileName attribute is set to false
  • The fully-qualified path to a file that contains the text that IIS 7 will use for the document footer if the isDocFooterFileName attribute is set to true.
• As noted above, the isDocFooterFileName attribute specifies whether the defaultDocFooter attribute contains a text string that IIS 7 will use for the document footer or the fully qualified path to a file that contains the text that IIS 7 will use for the document footer.

Note: By default, the isDocFooterFileName attribute is set to false and locked globally. To use files for document footers, you would need to either set the isDocFooterFileName attribute to true at the global-level, or unlock the attribute. To learn more about locking and unlocking attributes, see the How to Use Locking in IIS 7.0 Configuration walkthrough.

Compatibility

Setup

The <staticContent> element is included in the default installation of IIS 7.

How To

There is no user interface for configuring the <staticContent> element for IIS 7. For examples of how to configure the <staticContent> element programmatically, see the Code Samples section of this document.

Configuration

Attributes

Child Elements

Configuration Sample

The following configuration sample enables a document footer for static content, and adds a simple copyright notice as the footer text.

<configuration>
   <system.webServer>
      <staticContent enableDocFooter="true"
         defaultDocFooter="The information in this web site is copyrighted." />
   </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Sample Code

The following code samples enable a document footer for static content, and add a simple copyright notice as the footer text.

AppCmd.exe

appcmd.exe set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/staticContent /enableDocFooter:"True"

appcmd.exe set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/staticContent /defaultDocFooter:"The information in this web site is copyrighted."

C#

using System;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

internal static class Sample
{
   private static void Main()
   {
      using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
      {
         Configuration config = serverManager.GetWebConfiguration("Default Web Site");

         ConfigurationSection staticContentSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/staticContent");
         staticContentSection["defaultDocFooter"] = @"The information in this web site is copyrighted.";
         staticContentSection["enableDocFooter"] = true;

         serverManager.CommitChanges();
      }
   }
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.Web.Administration

Module Sample

   Sub Main()
      Dim serverManager As ServerManager = New ServerManager
      Dim config As Configuration = serverManager.GetWebConfiguration("Default Web Site")

      Dim staticContentSection As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/staticContent")
      staticContentSection("defaultDocFooter") = "The information in this web site is copyrighted."
      staticContentSection("enableDocFooter") = True

      serverManager.CommitChanges()
   End Sub

End Module

JavaScript

var adminManager = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager');
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site";

var staticContentSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/staticContent", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site");
staticContentSection.Properties.Item("defaultDocFooter").Value = "The information in this web site is copyrighted.";
staticContentSection.Properties.Item("enableDocFooter").Value = true;

adminManager.CommitChanges();

VBScript

Set adminManager = WScript.CreateObject("Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager")
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site"

Set staticContentSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/staticContent", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site")
staticContentSection.Properties.Item("defaultDocFooter").Value = "The information in this web site is copyrighted."
staticContentSection.Properties.Item("enableDocFooter").Value = True

adminManager.CommitChanges()