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Configures the globalization settings of an application.

<globalization
   culture = "any valid culture string"
   enableBestFitResponseEncoding = "true | false"
   enableClientBasedCulture = "true | false"
   fileEncoding = "any valid encoding string"
   requestEncoding = "any valid encoding string"
   responseHeaderEncoding = "any valid encoding string"
   responseEncoding = "any valid encoding string"
   resourceProviderFactoryType = string
   uiCulture = "any valid culture string"
/>

The <globalization> tag supports five attributes.

Attribute	Description
culture	Specifies the default culture for processing incoming Web requests. For valid culture strings, see System.Globalization.CultureInfo Class.
enableClientBasedCulture	specifies whether the culture and uiCulture properties should be based on the AcceptLanguage header field value that is sent by the client browser.
fileEncoding	Specifies the default encoding for .aspx, .asmx, and .asax file parsing.
requestEncoding	Specifies the assumed encoding of each incoming request. The default encoding is specified in the <globalization> tag included in the machine.config file created when the .NET Framework is installed. For English-language systems, the default is "iso-8859-1". If request encoding is not specified in a machine.config or web.config file, encoding defaults to the computer’s Regional Options locale setting.
responseEncoding	Specifies the content encoding of responses. The default encoding is specified in the <globalization> tag included in the machine.config file created when the .NET Framework is installed. For English language systems, the default is "iso-8859-1". If response encoding is not specified in a machine.config or web.config file, encoding defaults to the computer’s Regional Options locale setting.
uiCulture	Specifies the default culture for processing locale-dependent resource searches. For valid culture strings, see System.Globalization.CultureInfo Class.

The following code example demonstrates how to specify the default request and response encoding for an ASP.NET application.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <globalization
         requestEncoding = "iso-8859-1"
         responseEncoding = "iso-8859-1" />
   </system.web>
</configuration>

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