REQ: ASP.NET Feature

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

For web.config files

<configuration Name=”Release”>
    <system.web>
…
    system.web>
configuration>
<configuration Name=”Debug”>
    <system.web>
…
    system.web>
configuration>

If ASP.NET could parse config files while understanding build context and use the configuration for the appropriate build type, it would be a huge help especially for systems which have a large number of custom settings or differences between their development, staging and production environments.

2 Comments

Not exactly what you want...but you can use a user.config file for appSettings e.g.:

appSettings file="user.config"

You then just use a user.config for each environment - that way your user.config can stay the same...

Scott Galloway - Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:43:00 PM

Include a Release.Web.config in your assembly as an embedded resource and stream it to disk using a .NET Installer Class when you install your software.

Yves Reynhout - Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:28:00 PM

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