File Types

Here is a list of file extensions which are configured by default to be handled by ASP.NET 2.0.

• asax used for application level logic (global.asax)
• ascx used for creating a web user control.
• ashx used to create a custom httphandler
• asmx used to create web services
• aspx used for web application pages
• axd is used for a special webresource axd handler which allows the developer to package components and controls along with javascript, images etc.. in a single assembly. The extension is also used for trace output.
• browser are the browser capabilities files stored in XML format. These files are used to define the capabilities of the browser.
• config used to store the configuration of the web application. web.config and machine.config are the common examples
• cs used as the code behind when the language chosen is C# (CSharp)
• vb used as the code behind when the language chosen is Visual Basic.Net
• master used as the extension for the master page.
• resx used as an extension for the resource file of the page for internationalization and localization purpose.
• sitemap is used as the configuration file for a sitemap
• skin used as the skin file for themes
• svc used to define a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) based service