Make IIS 7.5 pass *.xml requests to asp.net

Question

How do I configure IIS 7.5 to forward all *.xml file requests to asp.net engines so i can handle them in Global.asax and rewrite the path to a *.aspx file? Now IIS is expecting to find them directly on disk. I will use this do dynamically generate my sitemap.xml

Answer 1

You can force static files to go through the ASP.NET pipeline by editing your web.config:

<system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <add name="XMLHandler" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler" path="*.xml" verb="GET"  />
    </handlers>
</system.webServer>

1. HTTP Handlers and HTTP Modules Overview
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