4.1.4.1 ApplicationName

This property gets or sets the name of the application that differentiates site map data for different applications.

Declaration

// C#
public string ApplicationName{get; set;}

Property Value

The name of the application. If the applicationName attribute is not specified in the application configuration file, or if the value is an empty string, then this property is set to the application virtual path.

Exceptions

HttpException - The ApplicationName property was set by a user that does not have high ASP.NET hosting permission.

System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException - The application name supplied exceeds 256 characters.

ArgumentException - The application name supplied is an empty string or a null reference.

Remarks

The string value of the ApplicationName property is used for organizing user information.

Multiple ASP.NET applications can use the same data source and create duplicate user names because user information is stored uniquely for each application name. This property can be set programmatically, or it can be set declaratively in the configuration file for the Web application using the applicationName attribute. The attribute name in the configuration file is case-sensitive.

The ApplicationName property is not thread-safe. It is recommended that program code not allow users to set the ApplicationName property in Web applications.